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BUCHAREST: Chello Central Europe has rebranded the Romantica channel as Film Café in Romania, giving it a "new, fresh and youthful image."  The rebrand took place across all major Romanian platforms: UPC, Next Gen, RCS-RDS and Digital Cable System. The channel continues its focus on targeting female viewers with content that …

PARIS: Frédéric Vaulpré has been tapped to serve as sales director for Reed MIDEM’s television division, where he will oversee global sales and business development for MIPTV and MIPCOM. Vaulpré will be reporting to Laurine Garaude, the director of Reed MIDEM’s television division. Vaulpré comes to the role after having led …

LONDON: In the coming weeks BT Vision will be rolling out Universal Channel, Syfy and E! Entertainment on its linear service, via a contract signed with Universal Networks International. The channels will be streamed live. Starting in early 2013, specific programs will also be available on demand. Universal Channel brings the …

MUNICH/BERLIN: Presented by Global Screen, Studio Hamburg, ORF-Enterprise and Deutsche Welle, this year’s German Screenings, held in Berlin from December 2 to 5, saw the completion of several deals. Studio Hamburg enjoyed success with the event film Night over Berlin: The Reichstag Inferno, which was purchased in Slovakia, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia and Croatia. …

PREMIUM: Domestic television drama productions won Thursday prime time in three of the four largest markets of continental Western Europe on December 6. In Italy, the winning drama was even a repeat. In Spain the winner was a Spanish feature film. In France, TF1 won comfortably with long-running police series …

STOCKHOLM: Marek Singer has been hired as the new executive VP of Central European broadcasting operations for Modern Times Group (MTG), effective in the new year. In his new role, Singer will be in charge of MTG’s free-TV operations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Hungary. He …

VIENNA: ORF-Enterprise sold a number of titles at this year’s German Screenings, which took place earlier this week at the Westin Grand Hotel in Berlin. ORF-brand UNIVERSUM nature documentaries were a big hit for the distributor at the German TV-program market. The two-part Danube: Europe’s Amazon is slated for broadcast in …

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting System Europe has signed a broadcast affiliate agreement with the soon-to-launch Bulgarian network News7, which will be sharing resources with CNN International. Through the new agreement, which is a first of its kind for CNN in Eastern Europe, News7 joins CNN’s group of more than 1,100 worldwide …

LONDON: The NOOK Video service is now available in the U.K., with movies and TV shows from such providers as BBC Worldwide, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Starz and more. NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ customers in the U.K. can access content from recently signed new and expanded licensing partnerships with BBC Worldwide, HBO, NBCU, …

PARIS: This year’s Export Awards, which took place yesterday in Paris during the French Television Producer Awards gala ceremony, sent three best-sellers home with awards. Minuscule, distributed by Futurikon, won in the animation category, which also included Mediatoon Distribution’s The Adventures of Tintin and Millimages’ Mouk. As far as documentaries go, …