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LONDON: Half Moon Bay has secured the licensing rights to produce a range of Mr. Bean products, following a deal with Zodiak Rights. Mr. Bean the animated TV series ranked number one in quarter two of 2011 and has been …

MIAMI: The format rights to Venevision’s telenovela The Black Widow have been sold to the Indonesian production company PT. Wayang Sinema. The Black Widow (La Viuda Joven) is the first mini-series format to reach Indonesian television, with pre-production commencing in …

LOS ANGELES: American Idol creator Simon Fuller has lodged a suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against FOX and FremantleMedia, alleging breach of contract over Simon Cowell‘s upcoming U.S. version of The X Factor. Fuller maintains that he is owed …

NEW YORK: MTV Networks has tapped into the music catalogue of BBC Worldwide America to bring Radiohead: The King of Limbs—Live From the Basement to U.S. audiences. The intimate concert features the English rock group as they perform their eighth …

NEW YORK/SEATTLE: CBS Corporation is making full seasons of more than a dozen hit shows, including The Tudors, Numb3rs and Medium, available for streaming through Amazon. Through the non-exclusive deal, Amazon Prime customers can instantly stream and watch some 2,000 …

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron announced today that the phone-hacking inquiry he has established, sparked by the News of the World scandal, will be extended beyond newspapers to broadcasters and social media. "We’ve set up a wide-ranging and independent …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has had another quarter of "record sales and operating profits," reporting a pre-tax profit of SEK1.352 billion ($209 million) for its half-year results, a 22-percent gain. Total net income for the half-year financials was up …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has entered into a development deal with Angry Filmworks, behind the hit Transformers film trilogy, to create a live-action movie based on the animated Captain Planet and the Planeteers brand. Producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has taken on representation for the British label Odyssey and the Australian distributor Shock Entertainment to handle sales for DVD and digital platforms throughout the U.K. and Ireland. The Odyssey label features titles such as Gone …

NEW DELHI: Expanding its bouquet of offerings in India, ESPN STAR Sports has launched the 24-hour HD channels ESPN HD and STAR Cricket HD. The services launched today, with both channels available on Videocon d2h and STAR Cricket HD securing further …