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Disney offers day and date VOD
Disney-ABC International Television has inked an agreement with Finnish commercial broadcaster Channel 4 (Nelonen). The…
Pilot launches Globe Trekker site
Pilot Productions, producer of Globe Trekker series, has launched an online video site for the…
WB launches web series
Warner Bros. has commissioned a raft of online-only pilots. It has commission The Jeannie Tate…
NBC strikes French Heroes deal
NBC Universal International Television has inked a deal with French commercial broadcaster TF1 to make…
Doodlebops tour hits the UK
The Doodlebops are set to head out on a UK tour next year following three…
Hit strikes Aardman deal
Hit Entertainment has inked a deal with Aardman Animations to license its key properties, including…
Sonic gets toy deal
Jetix Consumer Products has inked a deal with Impact International and First 4 Figures to…
CN inks Canadian Ben 10 deal
Cartoon Network has inked a deal with Canadian licensing firm Segal Licensing for animated action…
Hit punches past preschool
Preschool kids producer Hit Entertainment is growing up with the launch of a number of…
Cosgrove Hall toon-ing up
UK animation studio Cosgrove Hall is talking to Sony BMG and SyCo, the production company…
Raft of deals for Alphanim
French animation producer Alphanim has sold a number of its key kids series to international…
Gulli, TV3 buys Taffy’s Rocket
Taffy Entertainment has sold 52x11mins 2D animated comedy I Got A Rocket to French DTT…
Studio 100 launches distribution arm
Studio 100 Media, the newly-created sales arm of Belgian media company Studio 100, is heading…
KidsCo inks Asian content deals
KidsCo, the kids channel owned by Sparrowhawk Media, DIC Entertainment and Corus, is inking content…
Marathon finds Famous Five
French producer and distributor Marathon expects to be able to beef up its online and…
Electra to invest in kids producers
Electra Quoted, the media investment arm of venutre capitalist Electra Partners, has £100million ($200m) to…
Cbeebies scribbles it
Cbeebies has commissioned UK indie Dot to Dot Productions to produce a 25x15mins preschool seriesScribble…
Restructured Loonland brings shows to market
TV Loonland has survived a series of financial crises and comes to MIPCOM with two…
4Kids crowns Dino King
4Kids Entertainment is bringing a new show, Dinosaur King to MIPCOM. The 49x30mins series bowed…
2waytraffic sells Millionaire spin-off
UK-listed producer and distributor 2waytraffic has inked a number of major deals for Who Wants…
Outright heads east
UK distributor Outright Distribution has closed a number of Eastern European deals ahead of MIPCOM….
Comment: ITV is programming for growth writes Dominic Schreiber
There can’t be that many broadcasters heading to MIPCOM with a £200 million ($440m) war…
Endemol expands in Korea
Endemol International has stepped up its presence in Korea after it licensed five of its…
SBT bags fashion format
Brazilian broadcaster SBT has struck a deal with BBC Worldwide to produce a local version…
Televisa eyes US format deals
Mexican broadcaster Televisa is expanding its format catalogue following the local success of shows such…
Telemundo pushes Latin formats
Telemundo International, the sales arm of NBC-backed US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo, is pushing format sales…
SPTI sells karaoke
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has sold music variety format Karaoke Showdown to Vietnam’s VTV3…
Debmar-Mercury opens UK HQ
Debmar-Mercury, the US TV syndication arm of producer and distributor Lionsgate, is to enter the…
BBC asks Who Dares Wins
British public broadcaster the BBC has acquired quiz show format The Rich List from producer…
Nine revamps Millionaire
Australian broadacaster Nine Network has relaunched 2waytraffic International’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? after…