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NASHVILLE, June 27: Amity Entertainment, the worldwide merchandising and licensing rights-holder of The Big Comfy Couch, has granted Genius Products the U.S. DVD and audio distribution rights to 100 episodes of the preschool program. The agreement includes the current season …

BOSTON, June 27: APT Worldwide has inked DVD, broadcast, VOD and videogram deals for the WTTW National Productions, series CEO Exchange in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. The series offers insight into the lives of some of the world’s most …

JERSEY CITY, June 27: New Jersey-based Monarch Films has inked a series of deals on its new reality show, I Dream of Jodie: The Private Life of Jodie Moore. The 13×22-minute reality series has been acquired by Fox Latin America, …

AMSTERDAM, June 27: Netherlands-based Off the Fence has announced the addition of NHNZ producer, writer and narrator Peter Hayden to the production company’s team for a one-year period. Hayden’s last documentary project was as the executive producer and writer for …

NEW YORK, June 27: A&E Television Networks (AETN) announced the promotion of Nancy Dubuc to Senior Vice President, Non-Fiction Programming and New Media Content. “Nancy and her team have done a masterful job creating distinctive programming that resonates with a …

LONDON, June 27: E! International has appointed Justin Davison to the position of ad sales director for the newly created in-house international advertising sales division. Based out of E!’s London office, Davison will manage local territorial ad sales house relationships …

LOS ANGELES, June 27: Univision Communications’ board approved a $12.3 billion sale of the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S. to a consortium of investors—not to Televisa, who had also bid for the network. The investor group is led by …

NEW YORK, June 26: The sale of Univision Communications, the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S., is in doubt after the Mexican broadcaster Televisa offered a bid that was lower than expected. According to The New York Times, Televisa’s bid …

LOS ANGELES, June 26: Aaron Spelling, arguably the most prolific producer in the history of American television, passed away last Friday in his Los Angeles mansion, after suffering a stroke on June 18. He was 83 years old. During his …

LONDON, June 26: Turkish pubcaster TRT has picked up a slate of animated and live-action features as well as Disney-branded kids’ fare in a multiyear package deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV). Among the features in the deal are …