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ENGLEWOOD: Horizon is a new next-generation TV platform from Liberty Global that allows consumers to share and view content on multiple screens and devices wirelessly throughout the home. The Horizon set-top box intends to seamlessly integrate cable, web-based and personal …

While some prime-time dramas barely make it past two episodes, the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful has been on the air for more than two decades. It premiered in March of 1987, created by soap-opera legends William Bell …

LONDON: Cineflix Media has launched Cineflix Rights, formerly Cineflix International, signaling the company’s plans to expand its IP exploitation beyond distribution and into areas such as digital content and ancillary revenue. Cineflix Rights has some 2,500 hours in its slate. The …

LONDON: Eden has acquired new natural-history content for its 2012 lineup, including Earth Touch, The Land That Time Forgot and Yunnan Island with Nigel Marven. Eden picked up Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide, the story of Australia, the oldest stable …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Benedict Carver has been made the senior VP of filmed entertainment at Entertainment One (eOne). Carver will report to Noreen Halpern, the president of dramatic programming at Entertainment One Television, and Lara Thompson the senior VP of worldwide …

LONDON: Alibi, the crime drama channel from UKTV, has signed on for the exclusive pay-TV rights to season four of the ABC Studios series Castle. The series will be part of Alibi’s Q1 schedule in 2012 following the success of …

TORONTO: CCI has picked up the worldwide rights to a range of films, including Rage and Modra. Rage features the 1981 Springbok Tour, a difficult time in New Zealand’s history and is inspired by the South African rugby Union tour …

MUNICH, September 8: Your Family Entertainment (YFE) has signed a film contract with Nova Entertainment for Moorhuhn, also known as Crazy Chicken, a popular German computer game character. Douglas Welbat (7 Dwarves) is executive producer at Nova Entertainment Cinema. The …

VINCENNES/BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, September 8: TFOU and Alphanim (Gaumont Group) are developing a new CGI Calimero series, scheduled to premiere in 2013. Calimero is based on the character created in 1963 by Pagot and targets children 4 to 7. It is scheduled …

MIAMI: Beginning today, Discovery en Español is airing five original productions during the Discovery Presenta block, which airs every Sunday and features specials and programs for U.S. Hispanic audiences. Through September and into October, the network will air programs featuring …