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NORWALK, October 2: CABLEready has taken on the rights to several new factual titles in advance of MIPCOM, including Fired!, with actress Annabelle Gurwitch in a light-hearted look at the realities of celebrity careers and the Hollywood scene. CABLEready has …

MIAMI, October 3: Five telenovelas and one format headline Televisa Estudios offerings for MIPCOM, including the new HD series Limitless Love (Amar sin Limites). Joining Limitless Love on the slate are Love and Cruelty (Mundo de Fieras), The Two Sides …

LOS ANGELES, October 3: Fox Broadcasting, Fox Interactive Media and Fox Television Stations Group have launched FOX on Demand, delivering full episodes of FOX prime-time series, including Vanished, Prison Break and Justice, on an ad-supported basis through MySpace.com and the …

PARIS, October 3: Novavision, a new French content company that is participating at MIPCOM for the first time next week under the TV France International banner, has entered into a deal that makes its content available via Google Video. Novavision …

PARIS/CANNES, October 3: Digital distribution will be the key topic of discussion during the panels and speeches on the second day of MIPCOM, with keynotes by MGM’s Harry Sloan and 2929’s Todd Wagner, along with a Superpanel featuring executives from …

LONDON, October 3: At MIPCOM, iD Distribution will launch a slate of programming from Oxygen, after inking a two-year representation deal with the female-targeted American cable network. iD is offering up three romantic-comedy TV movies: Nadine in Dateland, Romancing the …

LOS ANGELES, October 3: Haim Saban and his Saban Entertainment Group (SEG) have launched a new business focused on developing family entertainment properties for the international market, with the first project, Hollywood Star Dogs, set to launch at MIPCOM. Led …

LONDON, October 3: 3DD Entertainment has expanded its factual slate in advance of MIPCOM, taking on the rights to the Emmy-winning classic science series Cosmos, among other titles. Inking a deal with Ann Druyan (Druyan-Sagan Associates), 3DD will be heading …

HILVERSUM, October 3: Endemol International has licensed its game show 1 vs. 100—which launches on NBC in the U.S. next week—into 15 markets, the format giant announced today. Israeli commercial broadcaster Reshet has commissioned the show for 12 episodes in …

LONDON, October 3: Zeal Television has announced a range of format deals on What’s The Big Idea?, which averaged a 35-percent share on TV2 Norway, with production under way on a second season. TV2 Denmark has commissioned a prime time …