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LONDON, November 27: NBC Universal International Television Distribution has licensed Heroes, NBC’s popular new series, to the BBC for airing on BBC TWO next year. This epic serial drama chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary …

MILAN, November 27: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi fainted while giving a speech on Sunday. He was then taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a minor heart problem. Italy’s richest man and owner the broadcast group Mediaset, Berlusconi …

LONDON, November 27: The winners of this year’s British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards, in association with Electronic Arts, were announced Sunday, November 26 at the London Hilton. The following were the categories and the winners in children’s television …

HONG KONG, November 27: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has entered into a long-term agreement with Korea’s CJ Media to distribute a selection of its upcoming drama series to broadcasters and digital content providers across Asia outside of Japan, China …

PARIS, November 27: 22 French production and distribution companies, members of TV France International (TVFI) will attend the Asia Television Forum (ATF) this week in Singapore. This is the sixth year that TVFI attends the ATF, and once again will …

MUMBAI, November 27: STAR has launched Star One and Star Gold on the Sky digital pay TV service in the U.K., expanding its Indian channel offering on BSkyB from the current line-up of Star Plus and Star News to a …

LONDON, November 27: BBC Worldwide has licensed the singing talent show format Just the Two of Us to Chinese terrestrial broadcaster Hunan Television. The deal was initiated and brokered by BBC Worldwide’s Hong Kong office and marks the first time …

LONDON, November 27: National Geographic Television International has announced a raft of new deals for some of its recently acquired programming from U.K. independent producer Essential Television and Film. France 5 has acquired seven of Essential’s Tribal Odyssey hours including …

MUMBAI, November 27: STAR Plus in India is reviving its most successful show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, the local version of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? format, with Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan as its new host. The new season …

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 …