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Gareth Neame is the man with the golden touch in British television drama these days. His independent production company Carnival Films, which was acquired by NBC Universal in September 2008, made the biggest hit of the U.K.’s autumn season, critically …

SHERMAN OAKS: The availability of free on-demand TV shows has been found to increase loyalty to networks, help consumers discover new series and increase viewing for when the programs air live, a new survey conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates …

MUNICH: The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has purchased 1&1 Internet’s 50-percent stake in maxdome, giving it full ownership of the VOD portal. maxdome was founded in July 2006 as a joint venture between the two companies, each of which holding a 50-percent …

BUENOS AIRES: TF1 Productions has shot two pilots for a French version of the Telefe International game show Just in Time. The TF1 pilots, called Apres L’heure c’est plus l’heur, were shot last month on a 1,100-meter set using nine cameras. Another …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has sold its drama series City of Men and Internal Affairs to Poland’s Polcast Television for launch on Tele 5 at the beginning of 2011. City of Men is a spin-off of the Academy Award-nominated City …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz Entertainment has given a ten-episode order to Magic City, a new series from Mitch Glazer that is set in a Miami hotel in the early 1960s. Written and produced by Glazer and exec-produced by Geyer Kosinski and Tony To, …

DOHA: India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given Al Jazeera English a license to launch its 24-hour news and current-affairs network in the country. The channel has been given the go-ahead to downlink its feed in India, following a …

  This column was originally published in the ATF 2010 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   Five years ago, TV Asia Pacific produced its first Asia TV Forum edition. At the time, we reported on two shows that were making …

  This feature originally appeared in the ATF 2010 issue of World Screen.   After taking a 6.5-percent hit last year, advertising revenues in the Asia Pacific are set to bounce back to $106 billion this year, according to ZenithOptimedia, …

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