Celeb Fare Continues to Deliver for CIMG

CANNES, October 15: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG)
has sealed multiple licensing deals and renewals, totaling 670 hours, for a
range of its series, including the celebrity-based hits Keeping Up with the
Kardashians and Living Lohan.

Girls of the Playboy Mansion scored renewals across the board with deals such as the U.K.’s Living
TV, SBS in Denmark, Viva MTV in Germany, Viva Swiss, Viva Hungary and Viasat in
Norway. Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood
has been licensed by France’s Virgin 17, Viva MTV in Germany, TV2 Zulu in
Denmark, Jim TV in Belgium, TV4000 in Sweden and Go Africa. Denise
Richards: It’s Complicated and Living
Lohan have been acquired by FIVER in the
U.K. and Kanal Fem in Sweden, while Keeping Up with the Kardashians has been licensed by MTV Poland. The Style Network
series Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane
was picked up by Fox Life in Latin America, ITC in Iceland and SBS in Norway.

“Global buyers have an insatiable appetite for CIMG’s
celebrity-themed programming,” said Duccio Donati, the senior VP of CIMG.
“We’re delighted to now offer many of our titles in HD, delivering to international
audiences an even more enriched viewing experience. CIMG boasts titles that
appeal to literally all demo groups, from our extremely popular E! series Girls
of the Playboy Mansion, to The Style
Network’s breakout hit Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, to the young-men-skewing Snoop Dogg’s
Father Hood. At MIPCOM ‘08, we’re excited
to debut our latest titles featuring such exciting and world recognized
personalities as Pamela Anderson and Victoria Silvstedt.”

—By Kristin Brzoznowski