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MIAMI: As the exclusive distributor for Rai, Italy’s national public broadcasting group, Rai Trade is contributing to the spread of Italian-made content throughout the world. Rai Trade will be at NATPE with an extensive Italian catalogue, which has been strengthened by the recent acquisitions of the film libraries of such …

LONDON: Amazon’s LOVEFiLM is delivering audiences on-demand access to hundreds of episodes of U.S. series such as 30 Rock, The Office and more, thanks to a deal with NBCUniversal International TV Distribution. The European service also has agreements with ABC, BBC and ITV. Through its new partnership with NBCU, LOVEFiLM can offer …

LONDON: The BBC has released a new report that outlines its economic value, with figures that say it spent a total of £4.3 billion ($6.9 billion) in 2011 and 2012, which generated £8.3 billion ($13.3 billion) for the U.K. economy. This marked an increase of 4 percent from the 2009-10 …

LONDON: Shine 360° has a publishing deal in place with Bloomsbury Publishing for the MasterChef brand, along with striking up an off-air partnership with the retailer Mothercare for the series One Born Every Minute. A set of MasterChef titles will be published under Bloomsbury’s specialist cooking imprint Absolute Press. The …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed a new carriage agreement for TV3 and TV3 PULS on Canal Digital Denmark’s satellite platform, along with inking a pact to include SBS Broadcasting’s free-TV channels in MTG’s Danish pay-TV offerings. Canal Digital will add TV3 and TV3 PULS to its "Local" satellite pay-TV package …

LONDON: Sky Vision has landed a raft of deals for programs from a variety of U.K. producers and has added to its sales team to support these efforts. Karen Wise, the former head of sales at Target Entertainment, has joined Sky Vision as the senior sales manager, handling the U.S., …

MIAMI: Due in part to the significant increase in registration numbers announced by NATPE, Content Television is expecting a very busy market in Miami, according to Saralo MacGregor, the company’s executive VP. “NATPE tends to be attended primarily by buyers from North America and Latin America, so that will be …

PARIS/AMSTERDAM: Virginie Calmels is leaving her posts as the COO of Endemol Group and CEO of Endemol France. Calmels joined the company in September 2003. She was in the position of managing director, then CEO of Endemol France, then was elevated to COO of the Endemol Group. Just Spee, CEO of …

PREMIUM: Soccer was the king of the German ratings during 2012, thanks to the UEFA European Championships; no other programming even came remotely close to Germany’s matches in the tournament in terms for audience size. The mega-ratings gave a boost to the country’s public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, which shared …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has restructured its four genre-specific divisions, alongside appointing Fred Burcksen as COO for the investment and sales unit. The changes are taking place across ZDFE.junior, which manages children and youth programs and is led by Peter Lang; ZDFE.drama, under which Tasja Abel oversees series and TV movies; ZDFE.factual, the …