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VANCOUVER, October 9: The live-action kids’ adventure series Harriet the Spy, which Mainframe Entertainment is offering at MIPCOM this week, will launch on Discovery Kids in the U.S. next fall. The 22×30-minute show is a production of Protocol Entertainment, whose …

SYDNEY, October 9: FOXTEL is set launch a science fiction channel in Australia on December 1 featuring content such as the acclaimed series The 4400 and the entire Star Trek library. The 24-hour SCI FI channel will also feature Medium, …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON, October 9: The British production company Zig Zag Productions has entered into a joint venture with Ben Silverman’s Reveille, with their first project already having secured a commission from Lifetime in the U.S. Going for Broke will be …

CANNES, October 9: Rainbow Media is set to begin rolling out the VOOM HD channel internationally, culling the best content from its suite of high-definition channels in the U.S., with a carriage deal already in place in Scandinavia with Canal …

CANNES, October 9: Spanish broadcaster TVE has acquired the rights to the 78×30-minute Toei Animation series Zatch Bell! in a deal brokered by Elastic Rights. The show, targeted to 7-to-14-year-olds, launches on the Spanish pubcaster this month. It has already …

MOUNTAIN VIEW/SAN MATEO, October 9: Google is in discussions with YouTube to purchase the highly successful video-sharing website for as much as $1.6 billion, according to multiple reports. YouTube, which distributes over 100 million video clips per day, most of …

CANNES, October 9: Cinamour Entertainment has announced a batch of first-day MIPCOM deals, including the placement of its martial arts fantasy/adventure feature film Forbidden Warrior in the U.S. The film is slated to air on one of Rainbow Media’s suite …

LOS ANGELES, October 9: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has reached a deal with New Line Television, a division of New Line Cinema, for the U.S. syndication rights to the independent studio’s motion picture packages and series programming for the next two years. …

WOODLAND HILLS, October 9: Rigel Entertainment has entered into an association with the independent home entertainment distributor Westlake Entertainment for a new DVD label. Under the terms of the deal, all Rigel product will be distributed under the newly created …

NEW DELHI, October 9: Walt Disney Co. has formed a partnership with India’s Jaipuria Group to expand its presence and sell its products in the fast-growing Indian market, according to reports. Disney will release details of the agreement next week. …