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TORONTO: Annmarie Morais, whose credits include the upcoming ABC/Shaw Media series The Hot Zone, has joined the writing staff of Entertainment One’s series Haven. Morais, who has also worked on the Global series Da Kink in My Hair and is a …

PARIS: Eye on Films, a global network of film professionals looking to provide festival exposure and commercial exploitation to first-time directors, is calling on producers and filmmakers to submit projects for pre-selection.  Created in January 2011, Eye on Films guarantees …

LONDON: The Little Airplane-produced short-form animated series Small Potatoes has made its debut in the U.K. on CBeebies.  Little Airplane has also secured deals for the show with JEI TV in South Korea and now TV in Hong Kong as …

TORONTO: Laine Drewery is joining Canada’s Proper Television as executive producer to drive the expansion of the company’s specialist factual programming slate. Drewery has some 25 years of experience in writing, directing, and producing. He has delivered documentaries, primarily in …

NEW YORK: The proliferation of over-the-top (OTT) television platforms will not cause widespread cable TV subscription cancellations, says Fitch Ratings, nor will it effect the credit ratings of U.S. pay-TV platforms. According to Fitch, only 10 percent to 20 percent of the overall …

MISRATA: Tim Hetherington, the co-director of the Oscar-nominated Afghan war doc Restrepo, was killed in an explosion in the Libyan city of Misrata yesterday. "It is with great sadness we learned that our son and brother photographer and filmmaker Tim …

NEW YORK: BBC America has signed up to co-produce the new season of Being Human, along with the previously announced co-pros Outcasts and Bedlam, for its Supernatural Saturday lineup. BBC America is co-producing the new season of the British original Being …

LONDON: Elisabeth Sladen, known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith on the BBC’s Doctor Who and CBBC’s The Sarah Jane Adventures, has passed away at the age of 63. Sladen first appeared on Doctor Who in 1973 and remained …

SYDNEY: A multi-title deal has been firmed up between Beyond Distribution and the Thai Public Broadcasting Service, with a raft of programming that includes Wild Animal Baby Explorers and more. The 52×15-minute Wild Animal Baby Explorers serves as an early …

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting is taking its British preschool channel Cartoonito across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, bringing the service to some 125 million homes in 112 territories. Cartoonito will roll out in a number of EMEA territories as a …