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SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has entered into a three-year joint television venture with Banca Studio, the company recently formed by Roy Bank, producer of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and former president of television for Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE). …

MONTREAL: Set to open the 2011 Children, Youth & Media (CYM) conference are Hedda Sharapan, the director of early childhood initiatives at The Fred Rogers Company, and Angela Santomero, the executive producer of the new preschool animated series Daniel Tiger’s …

DURHAM: A survey of TV households in the U.S. finds that 44 percent have at least one DVR, according to Leichtman Research Group.  The consumer research also reveals that one-third of DVR households have more than one DVR, with 14 …

BURBANK: The new ABC game show of logic and teamwork Million Dollar Mind Game, set to premiere October 23, gives contestants a chance at winning $1 million. In Million Dollar Mind Game, teams of six people who all know each other …

PARIS: France Télévisions and Mondo TV France are to produce the second season of animated kids’ series Lulu Vroumette to broadcast in 2013 on Zouzous France 5. France Télévisions Distribution, the rights holder of the first season, has secured all …

LOS ANGELES, October 14: FishBowl Worldwide Media has sold scripts to FOX for Learn Just Enough to Get Laid and Beyond Repair. FOX has ordered two comedy scripts from Fishbowl, including Learn Just Enough to Get Laid, a series based …

LOS ANGELES: Lawless Entertainment is representing Dennis Hopper: In His Own Words, a one-hour television special. The special is currently in post-production. Cass Warner—granddaughter of Harry Warner, one of the founders of Warner Bros Studios—visited with Dennis Hopper at his …

ENGLEWOOD: Through partnerships with its cable, satellite and telco affiliates, Starz Entertainment will allow some 76 million households to sample its new original series Boss—from Lionsgate and starring Kelsey Grammer—beginning today, a week ahead of its premium cable debut. Viewers …

LOS ANGELES: Cineflix Media has tapped reality series showrunner Lisa Levenson, whose credits include The Bachelor, to oversee its new Los Angeles office as executive VP of programming. Running the new L.A. base—which opens next week—Levenson will report to Simon Lloyd, …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The Entertainment One (eOne) series Haven has been renewed for a third season, consisting of 13 episodes, to air in 2012. Haven is produced by Entertainment One and Big Motion Pictures and co-commissioned by Syfy channel in the …