http://www.c21media.netC21 Latest Newshttp://www.c21media.net/uploads/jpeg/asset_145_hl.jpghttp://www.c21media.net/Copyright © C21 Media 2006http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54116&area=134THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Dave Howe, president of US cable channel Syfy, tells C21TV this year will mean new platforms, new genres and a move towards international coproductions. Click through to view.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54116&area=134http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54135&area=133HOTSLOTS: Swedish public broadcaster SVT1 is looking to strengthen its midweek primetime schedule.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54135&area=133http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54134&area=1The UK government has finally decided to allow paid-for product placement on British television.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54134&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54133&area=5France's minister of culture and communications has rejected criticism from the European Commission over its 'telecoms tax,' aimed at making up for the banning of advertising on public television.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54133&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54132&area=74Broadcasters across Scandinavia have acquired the US version of UK indie Studio Lambert's Undercover Boss, following its stellar premiere on CBS thanks to the Super Bowl.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54132&area=74http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54128&area=1International cable group Liberty Global is on the hunt for more European companies to acquire, and has a US$3bn war chest to invest, CEO Mike Fries has announced.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54128&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54127&area=5Norwegian network TVNorge has commissioned Monster Entertainment to create a series in which Americans of Norwegian descent rediscover their Nordic roots.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54127&area=5http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54125&area=5Five controller Richard Woolfe has rejected suggestions that the UK terrestrial has been over-reliant on advertising-funded programming.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54125&area=5http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54124&area=5UK pubcaster BBC2 aims to pay homage to classic 1970s sitcom The Good Life with a series featuring two celebrities attempting to live as self-sufficiently as possible.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54124&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54115&area=135MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: UK celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has emulated his success on-screen with a top-grossing iPhone recipes app. Its creator, Tristan Celder, of London software design house Zolmo, tells Jesse Whittock how Apple is changing the game.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54115&area=135http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54114&area=74Scandinavian distributor Media Entertainment Group's new formats arm has picked up its first format and struck a Canadian deal for the New Zealand property.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54114&area=74http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54113&area=1Satellite platform BSkyB has sold a 10.4% stake in troubled UK broadcaster ITV for just £196m (US$306.5m), having paid some £546.1m (US$853.8m) for it four years ago.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54113&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54131&area=1UK terrestrial network BBC2 has greenlit a second season of its in-house comedy series fronted by comedian Dave Gorman.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54131&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54130&area=89Zodiak Entertainment has appointed the president of its biggest in-house digital arm as its new chief digital officer, to work across its unscripted programme brands and entertainment formats.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54130&area=89http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54129&area=100BBC religion head Aaqil Ahmed has made his first major commissions since joining the broadcaster from Channel 4 last year, ordering a slate of Christian-themed documentaries to air this Easter.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54129&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54126&area=79Australian cable network Fox8 has acquired Glenn Martin, DDS, the first cartoon to come out of former Disney chief Michael Eisner's Tornante Animation.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54126&area=79http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54123&area=74Mediaset has been confirmed as the Italian broadcaster adapting Colombian telenovela Without Breasts There is No Paradise, after C21 broke news of the format deal last month.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54123&area=74http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54122&area=79Animated children's series Geronimo Stilton has been picked in territories including French-speaking Canada and the Middle East, taking the number of countries airing it to more than 50.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54122&area=79http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54121&area=100North American production house E1 Television and subsidiary E1 Music have teamed up with hip-hop artiste Faith Evans to develop a reality series chronicling her return to the music scene.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54121&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54120&area=89NEWS BRIEF: Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organisation behind Sesame Street, has created a new post in order to step up its social media presence.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54120&area=89http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54119&area=1UK production group Motive Television has raised £400,000 (US$624,000) to develop its digital terrestrial technology business, as it continues to offload its production companies.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54119&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54118&area=1NEWS BRIEF: Canuck distributor Incendo has struck a deal with the Quebec-based indie behind The Wedding March, in a bid to grow their share of the English Canadian production market.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54118&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54117&area=79Ireland's Monster Distributes has taken international rights to Baaas, a family sitcom from Al Jazeera Children's Channel, Welsh broadcaster S4C and prodco Cynhyrchiadau Ceidiog Creations.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54117&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54111&area=1After numerous failed appeals, UK satcaster BSkyB has finally accepted the government's decision that it must sell off its 17.9% stake in terrestrial broadcaster ITV.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54111&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54097&area=134THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Andy Cohen, senior VP of production and development at US cable channel Bravo, tells C21TV his programming strategy for 2010 and beyond. Click through to view.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54097&area=134http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54096&area=100Factual television giant Discovery Communications is mulling the international launch of a new female-skewing pay-TV channel, its president and CEO David Zaslav has told C21.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54096&area=100http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54106&area=1US cablenet Lifetime's CEO Andrea Wong is leaving, with History channel president and general manager Nancy Dubuc tipped to take over.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54106&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54102&area=100BBC2 has commissioned a documentary series looking at the impact of landmark UK legislation the 1989 Children Act, and how divorce in the modern age affects children.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54102&area=100http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54100&area=1Troubled California-based producer-distributor Image Entertainment has grown its recently installed executive team by hiring a former Anchor Bay Entertainment executive.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54100&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54099&area=1UK entertainment rights company Galleon Holdings is strengthen its presence in the US, paying US$1m for a 19% stake in Dragonfruit Studios.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54099&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54098&area=79Canuck children's network Teletoon and Montreal-based animation house Sardine Productions have joined forces to develop a series about a boy who becomes a cartoon character.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54098&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54095&area=1China International Television Corporation has signed a representation deal to bring programming from state-run China Central Television to Latin American broadcasters and platforms.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54095&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54094&area=73Global TV posted its best fall season results in six years, 34% up on the previous fall. VP of content Barbara Williams tells Gün Akyuz about Global's 2010 ambitions.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54094&area=73http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54093&area=135MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: A&E Television Networks found success with iPhone games based on some of its most popular TV shows, and is now looking to move into paid-for applications. Adam Benzine reports.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54093&area=135http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54092&area=1Modern Times Group of Sweden has acquired a 50% stake in one of Russia's newest pay-TV platforms, and has also launched a subscription video-on-demand service across the Nordic region.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54092&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54091&area=79The new 3D toon Babar & The Adventures of Badou (52x11') has been acquired by broadcasters across Europe and South Africa, Canadian distributor Nelvana Enterprises has confirmed.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54091&area=79http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54112&area=79Animation Collective's founder Larry Schwarz believes the merging of his company with the kids arm of HandMade Group and partnering with Nat Geo Kids will create an outfit with both independent thinking and global sales nous, he tells Jesse Whittock.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54112&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54109&area=1UK media regulator Ofcom has given its consent for the BBC and platform infrastructure company Arqiva to jointly sell multiplex capacity, enabling two new additional national TV channels to be broadcast over DTT.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54109&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54108&area=1UK terrestrial channel ITV1 has commissioned a three-part drama thriller from actor Trevor Eve's production company Projector Pictures and TalkbackThames.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54108&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54107&area=100NEWS BRIEF: Travel Channel International has linked up with Kiwi platform Sky Television to launch the network in New Zealand.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54107&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54105&area=100At least 300 hours of UK lifestyle programming is heading down under each year after UK distributor RDF Rights sealed a multi-year volume deal with an Australian pay-TV channel.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54105&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54104&area=74Prodco BGoodMedia, formed by the former head of FremantleMedia Belgium, has acquired rights to UK superindie All3Media's international formats catalogue for Flemish-speaking Belgium.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54104&area=74http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54103&area=100UK satcaster Sky1 has commissioned the tentatively titled Pet Police, an ob doc series following the UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54103&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54101&area=100Home, the UKTV-owned diginet focusing on homes and gardens, has acquired cable rights to the first three seasons of factual entertainment hospitality show The Hotel Inspector.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54101&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54088&area=100UK broadcaster Channel 4 has failed in its attempt to get an injunction to ban coverage of a libel battle in which it and indie Studio Lambert are accused of faking parts of a documentary about singer Michael Jackson's family.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54088&area=100http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54078&area=5UK equestrian channel Horse & Country TV has appointed a former BBC governor and an IMG executive as non-exec directors, while a former ITV exec has joined as head of programming.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54078&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54075&area=100BBC4 has commissioned a four-part documentary series telling the story of British domestic life from the Middle Ages to the present day.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54075&area=100http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54089&area=1Michael Grindon, head of international TV for Sony Pictures Television, has told staff he will be leaving the company after 24 years in March, giving no indication of where he is heading.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54089&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54087&area=89French video portal Dailymotion has promoted senior manager for content and partnerships David Ripert to a new position the US.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54087&area=89http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54081&area=100Passion Distribution has hired the former sales manager for Asia and Eastern Europe from 3DD Group to be sales manager for Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and German-speaking Europe.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54081&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54077&area=79France Télévisions' children's division has renewed its exclusive Warner Bros animation agreement for another four years and made a number of new acquisitions.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54077&area=79http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54074&area=100US cable network TLC has ordered a reality series based on a special about a dwarf couple awaiting the birth of their first child that aired on Discovery Health last year.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54074&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54068&area=79Classic Media has acquired international distribution rights, including licensing and merchandising, to new tween toon My Life Me, the Canada-France coproduction aimed at eight- to 12-year-olds.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54068&area=79http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54065&area=135MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: Apple flipped the switch on its App Store just 18 months ago. Since then, 140,000 apps have been created and three billion downloaded. Jonathan Webdale introduces FutureMedia's Mobile Entertainment 2010 season.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54065&area=135http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54064&area=73In a year dominated by fierce competition between networks and the launch of four new free-to-air channels, ABC TV broadened the appeal of ABC1 and ABC2. Martin Buxton reports.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54064&area=73http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54063&area=134THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Fox TV Studios has changed its coproduction model to bring US channels in earlier. The studio's senior VP of programming, Diego Suarez, explains the reasoning to Ed Waller.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54063&area=134http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54038&area=135MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: In the first feature in FutureMedia's Mobile Entertainment 2010 season, Ronan de Renesse, head of mobile media at Screen Digest, assesses the affect the arrival of apps has had on the mobile market.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54038&area=135http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54090&area=131C21'S FACTUAL SEASON: War documentary Restrepo swept the Sundance Film Festival last weekend, wowing audiences and picking up the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary. Producer-director Tim Hetherington talks to Adam Benzine.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54090&area=131http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54086&area=79NEWS BRIEF: US public broadcaster PBS Kids Go is to air an animated wildlife show for children produced by the zoologist Kratt brothers and Canuck production-distribution house 9 Story Entertainment.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54086&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54085&area=1NEWS BRIEF: US premium network HBO has renewed polygamy drama Big Love, currently in its fourth season, for a 10-episode fifth season, amid steady ratings gains. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54085&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54084&area=1NEWS BRIEF: Japanese public broadcaster NHK is merging its international business arm, Media International Corporation, with its main programme-making subsidiary, NHK Enterprises.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54084&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54083&area=1Canada's CityTV has picked up Jerry Seinfeld-produced reality series The Marriage Ref, which it will simulcast on Thursdays at 22.00 from March 4.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54083&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54082&area=1NEWS BRIEF: IMG Media, the global sports firm that distributes coverage of events including the ATP Masters Series, NFL and Wimbledon, has appointed a new head of sales worldwide.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54082&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54080&area=79NEWS BRIEF: Award-winning children's animated series Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, from Peppa Pig producer Astley Baker Davies, has found its UK terrestrial home.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54080&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54079&area=1NEWS BRIEF: Spike TV in the US is to take its next step into the comedy space with the launch of Players, starring Upright Citizens Brigade veterans Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts, on March 2.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54079&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54076&area=89NEWS BRIEF: US video streaming service Hulu has begun carrying programming from American news network ABC News.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54076&area=89http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54069&area=1NEWS BRIEF: FremantleMedia Enterprises has secure a US cable deal for both seasons of fantasy drama Merlin, totaling 26 episodes and marking the US television premiere of season two.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54069&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54054&area=5France Télévisions has entered into exclusive talks with Stéphane Courbit's holding company Lov and advertising agency Publicis over the sale of 70% of the pubcaster's ad sales house.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54054&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54049&area=74ITV Studios Global Entertainment has landed two major deals in Belgium, picking up a commission for its fact-ent format Four Weddings and a 52-episode recommission for its Come Dine With Me format.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54049&area=74http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54047&area=134THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Michael Kassan, founder and chairman/CEO of US media and marketing agency Media Link, tells C21TV how marketing messages will pay for content in the future. Click through to view.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54047&area=134http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54044&area=79Italian animation firm Mondo TV Group (Angel's Friends) has a new teen toon underway that has been greenlit for production by Cartoon Network and will make its international debut at MipTV.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54044&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54042&area=5A Panamanian network has picked up Salvador de Mujeres, the new telenovela being produced by Venevision of Venezuela and Colombian indie Televideo. Tween show Somos Tu y Yo is also being adapted in Asia.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54042&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54052&area=100European entrepreneurs who dominated America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are the subjects of a new series that unites German broadcaster NDR and Franco-German cultural network Arte.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54052&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54051&area=74A Spanish broadcaster has picked up Italian gameshow format The Guillotine for local production, after a deal with London-based distributor Zodiak Entertainment Distribution.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54051&area=74http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54048&area=1Big Brother producer Endemol is looking to expand its operations in North America by luring over an executive from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television to be its new exec VP of acquisitions for the region.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54048&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54045&area=100Canadian distributor Breakthrough Entertainment has closed a batch of deals for its factual programming with Asian and Australasian broadcasters, with the combined volume of sales totalling over 125 hours.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54045&area=100http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54043&area=1US cablecaster Rainbow Media has further expanded its Asian presence, launching the female-skewing We TV network on a Hong Kong pay-TV platform in standard- and high-definition.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54043&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54050&area=89Canada's DHX Interactive has launched its latest apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, this time bringing to life animated versions of classic children's stories from Hans Christian Andersen for US$1.99 a pop.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54050&area=89http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54046&area=1NEWS BRIEF: Brazilian channel TV Globo Internacional has inked its 10th carriage deal in the US market, this time reaching the three million subscribers to one of the largest triple-play platforms in the territory.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=54046&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54041&area=79NEWS BRIEF: California-based kids distributor Foothill Entertainment has inked an exclusive US and Australia distribution deal for French production studio Toon Factory's new slate.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54041&area=79http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54040&area=79NEWS BRIEF: Staffing up continues at Hasbro Studios, which has named the Sony Pictures Television VP behind shows including The Spectacular Spiderman and Sit Down Shut Up as its new VP of production.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54040&area=79http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54039&area=79NEWS BRIEF: The Jim Henson Company has hired a new exec director of children's entertainment, appointing the PBS Kids Sprout exec with whom it worked on The Pajanimals and Musical Mornings with Coo.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=54039&area=79