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CANNES, October 9: Ahead of the first day of MIPCOM, E! Networks announced the sale of more than 800 hours of programming to Asian broadcasters. E! has sold 830 hours of content to broadcasters in China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, …

CANNES, October 9: More than C$720 million in deals were secured or facilitated at the Banff Television Festival earlier this year, the event’s organizers said in Cannes today. Festival CEO Robert Montgomery noted, “The results of this latest delegate survey …

CANNES, October 9: Animal Planet International has commissioned Tigress Productions to produce the new 13×30-minute series Going Ape, about the protection of primates. The show is slated to launch in the U.K. in November, followed by the launch in the …

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, …