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CANNES, October 9: At a press conference in Cannes today, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 34th International Emmy Awards, with Brazil and Germany each receiving a record five nominations. There are a …

NEW YORK, October 9: Classic Media has entered into a long-term joint venture with Premavision/Clokey Productions to manage all rights in connection with the Gumby brand. Under the terms of the agreement, Classic will manage the U.S. and international television, …

LONDON/NEW YORK, October 9: A&E Television Networks is set to launch The History Channel HD in the U.K. and Ireland on BSkyB in the fourth quarter of this year. This is the first high-definition version of The History Channel; an …

TORONTO, October 9: Treehouse has come on board as the Canadian broadcaster partner on Are We There Yet?, an unscripted travel-adventure series for kids from Sinking Ship Entertainment and Cellar Door Productions, in association with National Geographic Kids Entertainment. The …

CANNES, October 9: Buena Vista International Television’s slate of first-day announcements at MIPCOM includes a new deal with TF1 for a range of Disney releases to be made available on demand on the TF1 Vision website. Almost 100 titles are …

VANCOUVER, October 9: The live-action kids’ adventure series Harriet the Spy, which Mainframe Entertainment is offering at MIPCOM this week, will launch on Discovery Kids in the U.S. next fall. The 22×30-minute show is a production of Protocol Entertainment, whose …

SYDNEY, October 9: FOXTEL is set launch a science fiction channel in Australia on December 1 featuring content such as the acclaimed series The 4400 and the entire Star Trek library. The 24-hour SCI FI channel will also feature Medium, …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON, October 9: The British production company Zig Zag Productions has entered into a joint venture with Ben Silverman’s Reveille, with their first project already having secured a commission from Lifetime in the U.S. Going for Broke will be …

CANNES, October 9: Rainbow Media is set to begin rolling out the VOOM HD channel internationally, culling the best content from its suite of high-definition channels in the U.S., with a carriage deal already in place in Scandinavia with Canal …

CANNES, October 9: Spanish broadcaster TVE has acquired the rights to the 78×30-minute Toei Animation series Zatch Bell! in a deal brokered by Elastic Rights. The show, targeted to 7-to-14-year-olds, launches on the Spanish pubcaster this month. It has already …