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NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of Brickleberry, a new animated series that will be executive produced by Tosh.0‘s Daniel Tosh, who will also voice a character. Production on the series is set to commence this fall with …

TORONTO: The live-action family movie Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas has been picked up from CCI Entertainment by ION Television in the U.S. to broadcast this holiday season. Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas is based on the Mandie book series …

LOS ANGELES: The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has made Meg Lowe, who has been working in a distribution role at Discovery Communications, the senior VP of distribution and strategy. Lowe will be responsible for leading sales, affiliate marketing and all …

NEW YORK: NBC is set to air the Darlow Smithson-produced special Children of 9/11 on September 5, almost ten years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The special features a year in the life of …

MEXICO CITY: Telemundo Puerto Rico is set to broadcast the Azteca telenovela Emperatriz, starting today. The 120×1-hour series will air daily on the free-TV network. The novela stars Gabriela Spanic, Bernie Paz, Omar Fierro and Adriana Louvier. It is about …

NEW YORK: The BBC preschool series 3rd & Bird is to make its U.S. broadcast premiere on Disney Junior on September 26. Disney Junior will air 25 20-minute episodes of the photo-puppetry animated series. The episodes feature music about the …

BOSTON: Consumers in the U.S. who plan to purchase a 3DTV within the next year expect to pay 56-percent more than those buying a regular HDTV, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The average expected price of a 3DTV …

LONDON: Sky Living has struck an exclusive multi-season deal with CBS Studios International for the U.S. drama Ringer, starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar. The series debuts on The CW in the U.S. on September 13, then …

SINGAPORE: AXN Asia is to launch a local version of the game-show format Cash Cab, with Chevrolet Asia on board as a sponsor. The ALL3MEDIA International format will launch on AXN Asia across 21 countries, where it reaches 98 million …

CHICAGO: Zephyr Media Group is leading a consortium of companies set to launch Vibrant TV, a U.S. channel dedicated exclusively to programming from the international market. Vibrant TV, slated to launch in June 2012, will air blocks of programming in …