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REGINA, September 17: Minds Eye International has clinched a host of sales on several properties including Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story, Taste of Travel and the teen drama Risk, among others. The four-hour drama mini-series Prairie Giant: The Tommy …

LOS ANGELES, September 17: HBO came out on top at the Primetime Emmy Awards last night, walking away with a total of 21 awards, including best drama series for The Sopranos, followed closely by NBC, which picked up 19 awards, …

NEW YORK, September 17: Chris Albrecht, the former chairman and CEO of HBO, has resurfaced at IMG, where he will head its global media business, and serve as a special limited partner at IMG’s parent company Forstmann Little & Co., …

ALAMEDA/NEW DELHI, September 17: UTStarcom has reached a deal to supply its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution to Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications service provider in India, for the launch of a new service consisting of live broadcast television, time-shifted TV and …

SYDNEY, September 17: Australia’s Network Ten has announced plans to launch the new free-to-air channel TEN-HD in December, which will offer its signature programs in high-definition. TEN-HD is Australia’s first new commercial free-to-air television channel for the major mainland metro …

CAMBRIDGE, September 14: Speaking at the Royal Television Society, News Corporation’s president and COO, Peter Chernin, warned that while there are huge opportunities ahead for broadcasters who embrace digital services and come up with new ideas, those who don’t will …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, September 14: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold the classic ‘90s series Baywatch to the Los Angeles Telemundo affiliate KWHY-TV, who will air the first Spanish-language version of the program broadcast in the U.S., starting from today. Prior to …

TORONTO, September 14: Peace Arch Entertainment Group’s television lifestyle content division, The Eyes Project Development Corp., has concluded a record-setting production schedule, including 47 new television episodes and three new pilots, during the company’s fiscal year ending September 1. In …

TORONTO, September 14: TELETOON has teamed up with General Mills’ Fruity Cheerios cereal to launch GO!, a three-month, cross-platform initiative aimed at teaching kids about healthy lifestyle choices. The initiative launched September 4 and will continue until December 3. GO! …

LONDON/BRISTOL/NEW YORK, September 14: Aardman Animations has tapped HIT Entertainment to manage the licensing and home entertainment rights in the U.S. and Canada for three of its properties: Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Aardman Classics. Shaun the Sheep …