CANNES: TvFilmBiz Int'l has secured a long-term agreement for cable and satellite broadcast rights of Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet worldwide excluding the UK in Cannes.

Animal Planet will also own cable and satellite rights to the series in Latin America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa and will begin airing the series following the completion of the terrestrial contracts. The agreement in part gives Animal Planet primary broadcast window rights in the Pan Pacific region and South East Asia.Under the agreement, Animal Planet, excluding the UK, will have rights to the current 146 half hours with options for additional episodes.

TvFilmBiz is a global entertainment distribution company providing targeted audience programming to a wide spectrum of broadcasters, cable and satellite networks, and home entertainment companies.

Planets Funniest Animals is the international hit series from Brad Lachman productions on Animal Planet and is a fast paced tribute to nature's comic geniuses - animals. Each episode features hilarious clips of animals from sources including home videos, news outtakes, foreign commercials, wildlife bloopers and documentaries.