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CANNES: The Canal+ Group has reached an exclusive output agreement for the pay-TV rights to first-run movies and library films from the Warner Bros. catalogue.  The deal was stuck between Canal+ Group and Warner Bros. Entertainment France. Starting in September 2013, Canal+ pay-TV subscribers can watch the latest productions from …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired the remaining shares of its Danish joint venture TV 2 Sport from TV 2 DANMARK.  The cash consideration is undisclosed. The deal does include the transfer of the exclusive Danish broadcasting rights to the European Handball Championships for 2016 and 2018.  TV 2 …

CANNES: BBC Worldwide, Endemol and FremantleMedia are among the companies that unveiled new YouTube channels today as part of the video-sharing site’s plans to expand its original channels initiative to the global market. Since announcing almost 100 original channels for the U.S., YouTube has seen its top 25 channels average …

CANNES: On the back of its acquisition of Screentime, which expands its footprint into Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, the Banijay Group has purchased a new company, François de Brugada, the company’s executive VP, tells World Screen Newsflash. Banijay Group’s acquisition of H20 Productions brings its number of French member …

STOCKHOLM: While the fantasy series Nymphs is making its official debut at MIPTV 2013, NonStop Sales has already inked agreements for a feature film and line of books to extend the franchise. Presales for the 12×44-minute series are currently being discussed at MIPCOM. Russian distributor Volga Film, Finnish TV3 and Baltic Showtime …

CANNES: Fox International Channels is rolling out its flagship FOX channel in a host of southeastern European markets next week, including Albania, Serbia and Slovenia. On October 15, FOX will be available in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The area already has FOX Life, …

MUNICH/CANNES: After its few first days in Cannes, Global Screen has done a number of different deals, including for long-running German series such as Alarm for Cobra 11. “A large number of sales have already been completed,” said Marlene Fritz, the head of TV sales at Global Screen. “We are …

CANNES: A number of deals were already secured by ZDF Enterprises before MIPCOM and the company has wrapped a further set of sales in Cannes.  Before the market even started, ZDFE had inked agreements with such broadcasters as the BBC, RAI Italy, TVE in Spain, FTV Prima in the Czech …

CANNES: MIPCOM officially wraps today in Cannes, with Reed MIDEM reporting 12,900 delegates hailing from 104 countries, of which 4,400 were buyers.  Of the buyers in attendance, more than 500 were from the VOD market. There was a spike in the number of companies from Latin America, up 36 percent; …

PREMIUM: Transporter: The Series, RTL’s big new co-production with HBO, got off to a solid start in Germany last week. RTL became the first network worldwide to give viewers a look at the series, based on the Transporter movies. The pilot, airing Thursday (October 11), pulled 4.01 million viewers and …