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LONDON, October 5: Change Productions, a new factual outfit, has set up shop in London with the backing of National Geographic Television International. Headed by Ben Goold, Change Productions will specialize in factual programming for the British and international markets, …

LONDON, October 5: Granada International has sold the preschool animated series Pocoyo to Disney Channel across Scandinavia and the Baltics. The 52×7-minute series, produced by Zinkia Entertainment/Granada International in association with Granada Kids and Cosgrove Hall, will air on pay …

HONG KONG, October 5: Celestial Pictures’ Shaw Brothers titles will be available on free-to-air Australian TV for the first time, via a deal with Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). SBS has licensed the free-TV rights to a package of martial arts …

LONDON, October 5: Comedy, factual, reality and light entertainment programming all feature prominently on Fremantle International Distribution’s large slate of offerings for MIPCOM. On the comedy front, a new offering is All Aussie Adventures, in which Australian comedian Glenn Robbins …

MONTREAL, October 5: In addition to its ready-to-air programming such as Hollywood Connection, Distraction will be showcasing a varied selection of reality and game show formats at MIPCOM next week. The Big Experiment, originally produced by Rouge Productions for TVNZ, …

TORONTO, October 5: On the heels of the success of its Breakthrough Animation business, Breakthrough Entertainment is heading into MIPCOM with an expanded factual slate and a new crop of TV movies. “Breakthrough Entertainment as a whole has experienced remarkable …

LOS ANGELES, October 5: At MIPCOM, Regent Entertainment will be bringing five new TV movies to the market, including three that were produced for Lifetime Television in the U.S. Regent’s ongoing association with Lifetime has resulted in some 20 titles …

LORETO, October 5: Italy’s Rainbow is anxious to showcase to buyers the new creation from the company’s CEO, Iginio Straffi, Huntik: Secret and Seekers. The 26×30-minute show for 6-to-12 year olds, co-produced with BigBocca, will be available for presale at …

LONDON, October 5: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced several promotions in its European distribution team, including that of Stuart Baxter, who has been upped to executive VP of European distribution. Baxter, based in London and reporting to John …

LOS ANGELES, October 5: Brad Greenspan, the founder of Myspace.com, today issued an online report at Freemyspace.com that alleges that the sale of the popular networking site to News Corporation earlier this year “intentionally defrauded shareholders out of tens of …