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LONDON, June 20: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has promoted four of its executives in the U.K., including Dan Allen, the COO of Fremantle International Distribution. Allen, as COO of FME, will be responsible for all operational departments including marketing, finance, legal, …

WALTHAM, June 20: Internet portal Lycos is working with the broadband TV platform PermissionTV to offer a variety of video programming to its 25 million visitors. Lycos plans to use PermissionTV to acquire on-demand content, including episodic TV and feature …

VANCOUVER, June 20: Canadian animation house Studio B Productions has appointed VooDoo Entertainment’s Sandie Hatch as its licensing agent. Hatch will work on developing Canadian merchandising, licensing and promotional materials for the programs Yvon of the Yukon, D’Myna Leagues and …

NEW YORK, June 20: Next month, Lifetime Television in the U.S. will launch Angela’s Eyes, a crime drama executive produced by Crash’s Tom Nunan and Cathy Shulman. The series, from NBC Universal Television Studio, launches July 16 at 10 p.m. …

LOS ANGELES, June 20: Starz Entertainment Group has entered into a deal to provide content from Vongo, its online video download service, to Toshiba’s new gigabeat portable media devices. Vongo, launched at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, is a subscription-based …

REDWOOD CITY, June 20: San Francisco-based global online broadcaster MediaZone has announced a partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club for live, on-demand broadband coverage of over 250 Wimbledon games. Wimbledon Live, available at http://www.wimbledon.org/live, will feature live commentary, …

NORWALK, June 20: Hubbard Broadcasting’s ReelzChannel has acquired all seven seasons of CABLEready’s The Directors in advance of its September 27 U.S. rollout. The series, first launched on Starz Encore, profiles Hollywood’s top filmmakers, among them Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, …

LOS ANGELES, June 20: TV Guide Channel continues its new focus on original content by announcing Trapped in TV Guide, a weekly one-hour hidden-camera series hosted by Growing Pains alum Tracey Gold. Trapped TV Guide puts unsuspecting fans in the …

MALIBU/NEW YORK, June 20: Jakks Pacific has signed a multi-year, multi-product licensing agreement with HIT Entertainment to develop a range of merchandise based on Barney. Categories will include learning toys and plush, with product slated to begin hitting retail stores …

LONDON/MADRID, June 20: Granada International and Zinkia Entertainment’s preschool series Pocoyo has secured free- and pay-TV slots in Spain with TVE and Boomerang, and has sold to RTP in Portugal. The 3-D animated series, re-commissioned for a second season by …