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BRIGHTON, February 27: BBC Worldwide announced two deals on key kids’ properties at its BBC Showcase event in Brighton today: TVNZ’s acquisition of In the Night Garden and Discovery Kids en Español’s pickup of Fimbles. In the Night Garden is …

VIENNA, February 27: The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) has licensed its thriller/mystery series 8×45 to NBC Universal’s European channel 13th Street for Austria, Switzerland and Germany. The series is a collection of 45-minute stories, including Braking Ice, about a woman …

BARCELONA, February 27: Spain’s Icon Animation has secured a number of sales with local broadcasters in the region for its third-party kids’ programming, including titles such as the Clifford The Big Red Dog, The Smurfs and Dora the Explorer. TV3, …

LONDON, February 27: UKTV shareholders BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media Television have appointed David Abraham, most recently the head of TLC in the U.S., as CEO of UKTV, effective in mid-April and reporting to the UKTV Board. In his new …

MIAMI/SÏ PAOLO, February 27: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Irving Plonskier to VP of pan-regional advertising sales in Latin America, and Alberto Niccoli, Jr. to VP of advertising sales in Brazil. Based at SPTI’s Latin American headquarters in …

NEW YORK, February 27: CBS Corporation has reported a fourth-quarter profit of $335 million, versus last year’s loss of $9.1 billion, while full-year profit rose to $1.7 billion from a $7.1 billion loss for 2005. "CBS' first year out of …

LONDON, February 27: The BBC Trust has given its provisional approval to Freesat, the public broadcaster’s proposed free digital satellite service. The BBC has drawn up a plan for Freesat to be operated as a joint venture with the U.K.’s …

DURHAM, February 27: Motricity, a provider of mobile content services, today announced the completion of $50 million in equity funding from billionaire investor Carl Icahn. Motricity also announced the appointment of Brett Icahn, an investment analyst with Icahn Associates and …

LONDON, February 27: A poll commissioned by the British independent producers association Pact has shown that parents in the U.K. place a high value on locally produced content for their kids. The poll, conducted by YouGov, sampled 2,551 adults across …

SAN FRANCISCO, February 26: Peer-to-peer network BitTorrent today officially launched its download platform that lets users rent or buy titles from a slate of content providers, including the newest addition, MGM. The BitTorrent Entertainment Network at BitTorrent.com features downloadable content …