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DOC Takes Film Package from Image

October 20, 2009

NASHVILLE: A slate of 16 titles from the Image Entertainment library, including Born into Brothels and Murderball, will have their exclusive television premiere on The Documentary Channel (DOC) through a new multi-year agreement.  Doc titles include Born Into Brothels, Spellbound, War …

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SPT’s Hit the Zero Renewed by Telecinco

October 20, 2009

LONDON: Telecinco in Spain has commissioned a second season of the game show Toma Cero (Hit the Zero) from Sony Pictures Television (SPT). SPT’s recently formed Toro Producciones will produce a further 60 episodes of the daily game show, which …

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Playhouse Expands Indonesian Reach

October 20, 2009

SINGAPORE: Playhouse Disney is now accessible on five platforms in the Indonesian market, following new carriage deals with the DTH operators Top TV and Okevision. The preschool channel, also carried on Indovision, First Media and Telkomvision, now has a total Indonesian base …

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STAR Scores Rogers Carriage Deal

October 20, 2009

TORONTO/MUMBAI: Four channels from STAR India have rolled out on Canadian cable platform Rogers Cable and will be followed by three Mandarin-language services from STAR Greater China later this month. Rogers has already added three Hindi-language services (STAR ONE, STAR India GOLD …

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Starz Extends Action Sports Slate

October 20, 2009

BURBANK: Starz Entertainment has clinched a ten-year output and library deal with winter action-sports producer Warren Miller Entertainment that kicks off next month with the world TV premiere of Warren Miller’s Children of Winter. The deal for the premium channel operator also covers …

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Fox L&M Unveils How I Met Your Mother-Inspired Handbook

October 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES: Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising has teamed with Simon and Schuster to release Bro on the Go, a portable handbook of advice and commentary based on an episode of the CBS hit comedy How I Met Your Mother. “The Code,” …

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FOX 21 Lines Up Comic Book-Based Series

October 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES: FOX 21, a division of 20th Century Fox Television, is developing a TV series based on Platinum Studios’ upcoming comic book series Indestructible Man. Indestructible Man tells the story of Nick Rabel, an elite secret agent who can’t be killed. He is …

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Cineflix Secures Spanish Sales

October 20, 2009

LONDON: Cineflix International has sold 150 hours of programming into Spain in its largest volume deal in the territory in the company’s seven-year history. TV3 Catalunya went for more than 60 hours and eight shows. This includes the first four …

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U2 Concert Gets Live YouTube Stream

October 20, 2009

SAN BRUNO: U2’s sold-out concert in L.A. on October 25 will be streamed live in its entirety on YouTube in 16 countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, India, Brazil and Australia. The band confirmed its plans for the Pasadena Rose Bowl …

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NFL Trading-Card Game to Make Fall 2010 Debut

October 20, 2009

NEW YORK: The 4Kids Entertainment subsidiary TC Digital Games has entered into an agreement with NFL Properties and NFL players to produce a football collectible trading-card game with a digital card online component. Set for launch to coincide with the …