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TORONTO: Starz Animation Toronto, Multiple Media Entertainment (MME) and Gigapix Studios are to begin production on a new feature-film adaptation of the L. Frank Baum classic book The Wonderful World of Oz, with a stereoscopic CG version tentatively titled OZ3D.  …

MIAMI: The U.S. Hispanic network Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas has added Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling’s TNA iMPACT in Spanish as part of its lineup.  TNA Wrestling features star talent such as Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and "The Icon" Sting, among …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK: As part of an extended multiyear pact, Verizon continues to offer Starz Entertainment’s premium linear and HD channels, On Demand, HD On Demand and online services.  The agreement secures rights for Verizon to offer its FiOS TV customers …

NEW YORK: Unable to reach a settlement with the owners of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise after being hit with a lawsuit last month, 4Kids Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, covering all of its U.S. wholly-owned businesses but not its …

NEW YORK: Ovation has acquired the exclusive off-network rights to seasons six through eight of FOX Network’s So You Think You Can Dance from Twentieth Television and is set to debut the series in August. Ovation will strip the show …

CANNES: The number of registered MIPTV attendees this year was just over 11,500, Laurine Garaude, Reed MIDEM’s television director, announced at a press conference in Cannes this morning. The registered attendees included more than 1,500 exhibiting companies out of a …

CANNES: First Hand Films has inked a deal with the BBC to produce the international version of the documentary series America in Primetime, which is currently in production in the U.S. The 4×52-minute series, which is produced by The Documentary …

CANNES: BBC Worldwide Channels has acquired two new crime dramas, Garrow’s Law and Above Suspicion, for BBC Entertainment in Africa and the Nordic region. Garrow’s Law is a four-part drama, acquired from Warner Bros. International Television, inspired by the life …

BOSTON: American Public Television (APT) has added William and Kate the Royal Wedding and Edward & Wallis: A Story of Love and Destiny, both produced by HTI Limited, to its more than 300 titles available to U.S. public TV stations. …

CANNES: ALL3MEDIA International has firmed up sales on new episodes of the U.K. youth drama Skins. The 8×1-hour fifth season of Skins has been picked up by Canada’s Allarco, Hungary’s Humor 1, France’s Canal + and in Poland. Meanwhile, ALL3MEDIA …