LONDON, July 22: More than 400 half-hours of Nickelodeon content have been licensed to broadcasters in Kazakhstan, Albania and Slovenia by MTV Networks International.

LONDON, July 22: Ad-supported free movie site Indiemoviesonline.com, has inked a deal to deliver films from Lionsgate UK, beginning with an initial slate of nine titles.

LONDON, July 22: Five's digital channel FIVER has commissioned a new dating show, Love Bus, from Carbon Media, to be hosted by Zoe Salmon.

LONDON/ROME, July 22: Lorenzo Mieli has been tapped to lead FremantleMedia's Italian operations as managing director.

MIAMI, July 22: Telemundo Internacional's Beautiful, but Unlucky will launch in Lithuania tomorrow on LNK in a daytime slot.

BRUSSELS, July 21: The funding mechanisms put in place by France Télévisions and Spain's RTVE comply with state aid rules, the European Commission has said.

PARIS, July 21: A keynote address by Michael Poryes, co-creator and executive producer on Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana, is one of a number of highlights lined up for MIPJunior this year, which takes place October 2 to 3 in Cannes.

BURBANK, July 21: Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender, are developing a sequel to the series to air on Nickelodeon in 2011.

LONDON, July 21: Boosting its drama slate, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has optioned the rights to produce and distribute a series about drivers racing in Le Mans during the 1950s and 1960s.

LOS ANGELES, July 21: Endemol USA is producing an interactive lifestyle series targeted to women for the online destination SheKnows.com.

SINGAPORE, July 21: The Media Development Authority (MDA) has levied a S$50,000 ($36,342) fine on SingTel's mioTV as a result of a 12-hour service outage related to a software glitch.

LONDON, July 21: Top Up TV is to bring Sky Sports 1 and 2 to Freeview homes next month as part of its new sports pack.

PARIS, July 21: Moonscoop has licensed the rights to its animated action-adventure comedy Hero: 108 to Televisa in Mexico.

DOHA, July 21: Al Jazeera Children's Channel has picked up the rights to The WotWots for its Baraem TV preschool service in prime time in 2011.

LOS ANGELES, July 21: Metan Development Group has announced an alliance with China's Ruyi Media Group to collaborate on feature film development.

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, July 21: DCD's September Films has been commissioned to produce two specials for A&E in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES, July 21: Sergio Romero is joining U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Azteca America as programming manager, effective immediately.

BRUSSELS/MILAN, July 20: The European Commission has given the go-ahead to SKY Italia to take part in the auction of five DTT multiplexes in Italy; a ruling that Mediaset plans to appeal at the European Court of Justice.

NEW YORK, July 20: Carl C. Icahn has restarted his efforts to take control of Lionsgate, commencing a tender offer, of $6.50 per share, in a bid to up his current stake of 37.9 percent.

SINGAPORE, July 20: TLC is set to make its debut in Asia on September 1, replacing Discovery Travel & Living to reach 133 million homes in 20 countries across the region.

ATLANTA, July 20: Cartoon Network is beefing up its game-show lineup, ordering ten episodes of Hole in the Wall from FremantleMedia North America.

CULVER CITY/EL SEGUNDO, July 20: Sony Pictures Television's Damages has been greenlit for two additional seasons, to be broadcast exclusively on satellite platform DIRECTV.

WASHINGTON, D.C./NEW YORK, July 20: The two-year-old online documentary portal SnagFilms is set to roll out VOD packages on pay-TV platforms Comcast and Verizon FiOS.

JAKARTA, July 20: Endemol has clinched its first deal with Indonesian broadcaster P.T. Indosiar Visual Mandiri (IVM), which has signed up for 52 episodes of the game-show format 1 vs. 100.

SINGAPORE, July 20: ESPN STAR Sports has granted Eurosport the rights to air the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in the U.K. and across Europe.

SYDNEY, July 20: Dance Academy, a live-action kids' drama represented worldwide by ZDF Enterprises, has been renewed for a second season on ABC1 and ABC3.

BURBANK, July 20: The preschool series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is getting a fourth season, consisting of 13 episodes and nine extended specials, for broadcast on Disney Junior, The Walt Disney Company's new television and online brand.

SÃO PAULO, July 20: Honduran broadcaster Channel 11 has picked up the rights to the telenovela Paradise City from Globo TV International.

NEW YORK/LONDON, July 20: In partnership with ContentFilm International, Babelgum will showcase 10 feature-length docs by British filmmaker Nick Broomfield on its online and mobile platforms, including Kurt & Courtney and Biggie and Tupac.

BARCELONA, July 20: Spanish broadcaster TVE is joining Imira Entertainment and Enne Entertainment Studios as a co-production partner on the new 3-D series Escape Hockey.