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MUNICH: Global Screen’s catalogue for MIPCOM contains a number of feature films, series, documentaries and event movies, including Heroes, which it just acquired in a deal with Dreamtool Entertainment. Heroes is produced by Dreamtool for Germany’s RTL. The film presents a disaster scenario set in 2013, when a French telecommunications …

STOCKHOLM: Two separate agreements have been signed by C More, one with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and another with Paramount Pictures, that renew its access to the pay-TV rights for film packages. The exclusive multi-year agreement with MGM gives C More’s subscribers access to the pay-TV premiere of a number of films for TV, …

LONDON: Sky in the U.K. has made a number of enhancements to its DVR service, Sky+, including rolling out a new seven-day catch-up TV section. More than 9 million Sky subscribing homes have the Sky+ PVR. Users can now access the seven-day Catch Up TV, featuring Sky’s own shows as …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels is planning to create more original programs for its international portfolio of channels, looking to increase the amount of hours threefold. The plan is to have three times the amount of original hours ordered for BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle and UKTV. The effort will see …

PARIS: A number of actors, directors, writers, producers and show business personalities are headed to Cannes to promote new projects at MIPCOM, among them Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, stars of the period drama The Americans. This year’s World Premiere TV Screening is the drama The Americans, sold by 20th Century …

CANNES: Buyers can pick up the HD series Happiness is on the Plate from ARTE France. The lifestyle series Happiness is on the Plate blends travel, cooking, nature and a civic sensibility, as it follows the daily work of five chefs fighting for eco-friendly cooking. The company is also offering …

CANNES: The global market can have access to ATV’s dramas, action series and comedies, among other offerings. A jewel in the crown of the Turkuvaz Media Group, ATV is among Turkey’s most prominent and acclaimed TV networks. Two of its newest series are Peace Street and Last Summer: The Balkans. …

CANNES: The international-distribution arm of Italy’s Mediaset, Mediaset Distribution, comes to MIPCOM with a slate of both finished programs and scripted and unscripted formats.   On the scripted-formats side, there is The Chosen—originally titled Il tredicesimo apostolo—a 12×50-minute suspense thriller. As far as unscripted formats go, the company is showcasing …

CANNES: For more than ten years, SOVETELEEXPORT, the distribution arm of Russia Television and Radio, has been presenting the market with high-budget historical dramas, original series, theatrical movies and unique documentaries from Russia. At MIPCOM, the company is presenting the adaptation of the world-famous novel Life and Fate by Vasily …

PREMIUM: Imported American series pulled the biggest audiences in France during the week ended September 30, led by two crime procedurals: Criminal Minds and The Mentalist. Criminal Minds on TF1 on Wednesday won the week’s biggest audience with 8.299 million viewers and a share of 31.0 percent. Number two of …