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MIAMI, July 13: Todobebe, the producers of the Spanish-language Todobebe TV show about pregnancy and parenting that airs on Telemundo in the U.S., are working with branded entertainment and product placement specialists Branded Pictures and AIM Productions to develop an …

LONDON, July 13: Channel 4 has commissioned Lion Television produce a one-hour documentary about the strange occurrences following the discovery of the mummified remains of a prehistoric man known only as Oetzi in Italy in 1991. The Curse of the …

NEW YORK, July 13: 4Kids Entertainment has promoted Daniel Barnathan to president of its 4Kids Ad Sales subsidiary. Previously executive VP of sales, marketing and promotions, Barnathan will now oversee the unit of 4Kids that sells advertising on the Saturday …

TORONTO, July 12: Picture Box Distribution’s award-winning preschool series Nanalan has launched on 10 PBS member stations, with further stations set to roll out the show this fall. The seven-year distribution deal with PBS will make the 41 30-minute episodes …

TORONTO, July 12: CTV parent company Bell Globemedia (BGM) has made an offer to acquire CHUM Limited for C$1.7 billion ($1.5 billion) with the full backing of CHUM’s controlling shareholders and board of directors. While the estate of Allan Walters …

AMSTERDAM, July 12: Filming has begun on The Lost Kingdom of Guge, a one-hour investigative documentary that is being co-produced by Off the Fence, France 5, Bang Singapore and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA). The film aims to …

SANTA MONICA, July 12: Lionsgate has acquired the independent television distributor Debmar-Mercury, which owns the U.S. distribution rights to South Park and The Dead Zone, among others. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, grants Lionsgate entry into the U.S. television …

HOLLYWOOD, July 12: Fox Mobile Entertainment’s Mobizzo has appointed Natalie Farsi as senior VP of content and m-commerce. In this newly created position, Farsi is responsible for overseeing content and m-commerce and is responsible for expanding the group's content offering. …

PITTSBURGH, July 12: FOX Sports and Major League Baseball have inked a seven-year deal that keeps the World Series and All-Star Game exclusively on the FOX network through 2013. FOX Sports’ new agreement with MLB gives the network the rights …

LONDON, July 12: BSkyB has picked up the mobile content rights to Barclays Premiership football in a three-year deal that kicks off in August 2007. Sky won the rights in a bid with News Group Newspapers, publishers of The Sun …