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BARCELONA/SINGAPORE, November 28: Icon Animation heads into the Asia TV Forum, which kicks off in Singapore tomorrow, with a deal already clinched with Nickelodeon Asia for its key animated series Lola & Virginia. The Nickelodeon deal brings the show to …

TORONTO/LONDON, November 28: DECODE Entertainment has announced a range of new deals in Asia, including the sale of the preschool series Franny’s Feet to terrestrial and pay-TV broadcasters in Korea. EBS has secured the terrestrial rights to the show, while …

AMSTERDAM, November 28: Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence, which is exhibiting at the Asia TV Forum this week, has announced a raft of agreements with broadcasters in the region. The NHNZ series Man Made Marvels and Raising Baby …

LONDON, November 28: Cineflix International, the London-based international television distribution arm of Canadian production company Cineflix, announced that it has licensed several of its productions to channels in China and Thailand as it heads to the Asia Television Forum in …

MUMBAI, November 28: Indian children chose Disney Channel as the Best Children’s Channel; their vote was announced at the Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards (HHITA). At a gala event in Mumbai, Disney Channel was named the winner of the …

BRUSSELS, November 28: The popular Belgian series Steracteur Sterartiest!, based on Granada International’s Soapstar Superstar format, will go into a second season on Een, VTR’s first channel. The finale of the program’s first season, which aired on November 24, achieved …

LONDON, November 28: Mobile video communications provider Mobix has launched AshesMania, a cricketing entertainment site for customers of the Orange U.K. network. AshesMania takes an irreverent look at some of cricket’s finest moments, greatest sledges, terminology, as well as providing …

LONDON, November 27: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW), the licensing division of FremantleMedia, has secured several direct-to-retail promotion deals with major U.K. chains Comet, Superdrug and Argos for the series The X Factor. This marks the first time that FLW has …

HILVERSUM, November 27: Endemol has boosted its business in Latin America with three recent developments: it increased its stake in Endemol Andino; extended its output deal with TV Globo in Brazil; and appointed a new creative director for the Latin …

LOS ANGELES, November 27: CBS is looking for talent for its broadband-video channel innertube and has signed on Michael Cera of Arrested Development to develop a short-form series. Cera, who starred in FOX’s cult series as the son of Justin …