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BARCELONA, September 29: Neptuno Films is teaming with Portal Latino, a subsidiary of Sociedad Digital de Autores y Editores (SDAE), for a new IPTV kids’ channel in Spain named El Gato Feliz (Happy Cat). The channel launched yesterday, reaching Orange …

LONDON, September 29: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the Asian format rights to five game shows from 12 Yard Productions. The deal includes Beg, Borrow or Steal, No Brainer, In It To Win It, Eggheads and Dirty Money. …

SINGAPORE, September 29: The MediaCorp Studios’ format Project SuperStar, which was licensed into Malaysia last year following its successful Singaporean rollout, has been acquired by Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV). HTV will apply the talent format to its …

MIAMI, September 29: Animus Entertainment Group has concluded a number of sales on the gourmet health show Romancing your Palate and the environmental documentary One World, presented by Olivia Newton-John. The 6×30-minute Romancing your Palate, an Animus/Claxson co-production, has been …

BURBANK, September 28: Endemol USA’s 1 vs 100 game show begins its five-week run on NBC on Friday, October 13 at 9 p.m. with Bob Saget as its host. The game show will follow an original episode of Deal or …

MUNICH, August 28: SevenOne International is teaming with Singaporean-based distributor 6-6-8 to roll out local call-TV windows based on its interactive quiz station 9Live across Southeast Asia. 6-6-8 will distribute 9Live and produce the interactive quiz shows for the region. …

LONDON, September 28: As part of its foray into kids’ programming, Parthenon Entertainment has appointed Karina Stanford-Smith as head of children’s production. With Parthenon now managing S4Ci’s existing catalogue of kids’ programming, alongside new projects, the company currently has a …

NEW YORK/SANTA CLARA, September 28: NBC Universal and Intel today announced the launch of the NBC "VIP Access" online service that will provide on-demand broadband-delivered entertainment content for free to consumers with Intel Viiv technology-based PCs and Centrino mobile technology-based …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, September 28: Lionsgate’s CEO, Jon Feltheimer, and vice chairman, Michael Burns, have both agreed to extend their time at the independent studio for another four years. Feltheimer and Burns engineered the December 1999 recapitalization of Lionsgate and joined …

SEATTLE/LONDON, September 28: The BBC and Microsoft have signed a nonexclusive memorandum of understanding to work together on digital content delivery opportunities. BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, and director of new media and technology, Ashley Highfield, met Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates …