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NEW YORK, June 14: The Outdoor Channel has reached a new basic cable carriage deal with Time Warner Cable, averting the platform’s previous plan to drop the network in some markets or move it to a premium package. Financial terms …

MIAMI, June 14: Telemundo has entered into a new long-term development and production agreement with the game show and reality TV producer Nostromo America. Giorgio Aresu, together with Alan Tacher, established the company in the U.S. this year. The pair …

VIENNA, June 14: For the first time in its history, the 31-year old German Screenings will take place in Vienna, Austria, this December, returning to Munich in 2007. ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) joined german united distributors, Telepool and Deutsche Welle …

BARCELONA, June 14: The Spanish animation outfit Neptuno Films has notched up a raft of television, new media and licensing deals across Central and Eastern Europe in advance of its stint at DISCOP next week, including the sale of 378 …

WOODLAND HILLS, June 14: California-based Showcase Entertainment has secured a trio of new European deals on Flight 29 Down, a live-action series for tweens that is being billed as “Lost for kids.” The 26×30-minute show about a group of kids …

TORONTO, June 14: Peace Arch Entertainment Group’s TV division has received a commission from the CTV Travel Channel to produce an initial five episodes for the new franchise UberGuide Television. The programs will follow a top ten countdown format, with …

LONDON, June 14: Lazarus Consulting, formed by former Celador International executive Steve Lazarus last October, has been named as the British agent for edel music, a German-based media company, with a view to sourcing British content for edel to release …

LOS ANGELES, June 14: Twentieth Century Fox Television has promoted Gary Krakower to the position of VP of international licensing in its licensing and merchandising division. Krakower is charged with overseeing the international licensing, retail and television promotions business in …

NEW YORK, June 14: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present Central European Media Enterprises (CME) and its founder and chairman, Ronald S. Lauder, with the Directorate Award at this year’s International Emmy Awards Gala, which will …

NEW YORK, June 14: Nielsen Media Research today unveiled its plans to develop and deploy television audience measurement systems for viewing online, outside the home, and on cell phones, iPods and other handheld devices. The move falls under Nielsen’s Anytime …