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LONDON, June 19: ITN is rebranding its ITN Archive operation as ITN Source, with plans to invest £1 million to further build its footage and 3G content businesses. The new corporate identity is intended to underpin the company’s strategy of …

HILVERSUM, June 19: Endemol International has acquired the select worldwide rights to produce local versions of the music talent format Singalong. Endemol has a one-year-option on the show, developed by Sweden’s Friday TV. The deal for worldwide rights excludes the …

LONDON, June 19: Granada International’s Dancing on Ice format has been sold to the Slovakian commercial network TV JOJ. The channel will produce 14 episodes of its own version of the show for launch later this year. The format, first …

LONDON, June 19: Celador International has acquired the worldwide television rights to the game show format Mr & Mrs, which ran on ITV in the 1970s and 1980s. Celador International has acquired the rights from Derek Batey Enterprises and the …

CHATSWORTH, June 16: Image Entertainment has taken on the exclusive North American home video and digital distribution rights to three films by Hong Kong-based filmmakers Danny and Oxide Pang. The deal was concluded by the company’s European subsidiary, Image Entertainment …

TORONTO, June 16: DECODE Entertainment has notched up several new deals on the first and second seasons of its hit live-action tween series Naturally Sadie. Nickelodeon International has taken the second season for its channels in Spain, Italy, Scandinavia and …

SANTA MONICA, June 16: Mobile content provider Viva! Vision has launched five new mobile channels targeted to the Hispanic market, including one exclusively devoted to the World Cup. In addition to the World Cup Soccer channel, featuring some content from …

PORTLAND, June 16: Ex-Paramount International Television chief Gary Marenzi has taken on the position of president at Ensequence, a provider of interactive television software and services that is headquartered in Oregon. The move is part of the company’s attempt to …

NEW YORK, June 16: Venevision Investments, a division of the Cisneros Group of Companies, is joining a consortium of investors seeking to acquire U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Univision, teaming with Grupo Televisa and five investment firms. Venevision and Televisa are already …

LONDON, June 16: Taffy Entertainment has named Louise O’Toole as the managing director of its new office in the U.K. O’Toole will report to Taffy Entertainment’s joint CEOs Mike Young and Bill Schultz, as well as president Liz Young. She …