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SILVER SPRING: The feature-length documentary Trek Nation, which delves into Star Trek’s enduring popularity through its creator, the late Gene Roddenberry, is set to air on SCIENCE in the fourth quarter of 2011. Trek Nation is produced by Roddenberry’s son, …

MADRID: Banijay International has sold Sex Academy, a format from Denmark, to Spain. Spanish broadcaster Telecinco will have the Banijay Group company Cuarzo Producciones produce the 13×100-minute series Academia del Sexo, to premiere this fall. The series has more than …

HONG KONG: Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens, a CGI animated television movie based on the Cartoon Network series Ben 10, is set to premiere globally on the channel in 2012. The movie is being directed by Victor Cook (The Spectacular …

LONDON: The Chello Zone-owned Horror Channel is to debut on September 6 in Italy on Sky Italia, replacing the Fantasy channel. The channel will feature a Best of British Horror Night for the premiere, and a night of Rob Zombie’s …

ISTANBUL: The Global Agency format Shopping Monsters has secured pilot orders in the U.S., Belgium and Germany, with options in place in 13 territories. The series was first optioned by France’s Herve Hubert to develop a local version for a …

LONDON: Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg takes the top spot on the MediaGuardian 100 annual list of the most powerful people in media, while Rupert Murdoch fell from fourth place to sixth and son James dropped off the …

LONDON/DUBAI: Sony Pictures Television Arabia has licensed its locally produced version of the American series Everybody Loves Raymond to Dream TV in Egypt, Murr Television in Lebanon and the Saudi Arabian IPTV service Intigral. The 30-episode sitcom produced in Egypt …

LONDON: Revenues from the global sales of on-demand movies and TV programs are expected to reach $5.7 billion in 2016, up from $3.6 billion in 2010, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The On-demand TV Forecasts report …

TORONTO: TELETOON Canada has disclosed its fall lineup for TELETOON, TELETOON at Night and TELETOON Retro, which are to feature new series and additional seasons of returning programs to debut on September 5. The TELETOON lineup will include The Looney …

TOKYO: NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation has made the move to digital, switching off analogue broadcasts in all areas of Japan except for those hit hardest by the recent earthquake and tsunami. After 58 years on the air, analogue broadcasting has …