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World Screen Weekly, January 31, 2008 COUNTRIES: Available in 65-plus countries worldwide including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Korea, Iceland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey and across Latin America and the U.K. BabyTV’s 24-hour channel is now also available across …

ATLANTA, January 21: Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Latin America has inked a long-term distribution, advertising sales and trademark agreement with Fashion TV (FTV), a channel dedicated to fashion, beauty, design and lifestyle. As part of this deal, Turner Latin America …

BURBANK, January 21: NBC has signed on for an American version of Endemol’s Celebrity Circus format, which has already rolled out in Argentina on Telefe and in Portugal on TVI. The live competition series, to be produced by Endemol USA, …

LOS ANGELES, January 21: The bilingual music/entertainment channel LATV Networks has acquired American Latino TV (ALTV), a syndication and production company for English-language content targeted to bicultural/bilingual U.S. Hispanics. The agreement grants LATV access to several broadcast syndicated properties, including …

TORONTO, January 21: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has received a C$2.65 million loan from CEO and co-chairman Jeff Sagansky and fellow co-chairman Drew Craig for “general corporate purposes.” Announcing the loan, Sagansky said: “While Peace Arch works to finalize its …

LONDON, January 21: BSkyB has increased its stake in Elisabeth Murdoch’s indie Shine Group to 11.3 percent from 2.88 percent, according to the Guardian. The amount paid by Sky for the stake has not been revealed. Shine has been on …

SYDNEY, January 21: Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer have teamed for an A$3.3 billion ($2.8 billion) offer to buy out Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH), which owns a 25-percent stake in Australian pay-TV platform FOXTEL, marking Murdoch’s first big media deal …

World Screen Weekly, January 17, 2008 President of Television Programming and Production Lionsgate Independent studio Lionsgate has been shaking up Hollywood for a few years now. The company has made its mark with acclaimed releases like Crash in the feature-film …

World Screen Weekly, January 17, 2008 COUNTRY: United Kingdom LAUNCH DATE: October 15, 2007 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: Dave reaches 20 million homes across the U.K. via cable, satellite and Freeview. OWNERSHIP: Dave is one of nine channels operated by UKTV, …

TV Kids Weekly, January 15, 2008 ORIGIN: The Magic Roundabout was created by the French decorator Serge Danot, who turned to animation after an accident damaged his foot. Danot came up with Le Manège Enchanté, a show about a dog …