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ENGLEWOOD: EPIX subscribers on DISH Network now have free, unlimited on-demand access to movies on DISHOnline.com. DISH Network customers who subscribe to DISH Platinum can now watch more than 3,000 films and other EPIX programming on DISHOnline.com in SD and …

CANNES: ZDF Enterprises is reporting strong interest in its portfolio of new factual titles, which includes License to Drill, Repossessed and Hard Times. “We are particularly pleased that our new factual series programs are in such great demand,” said Alexander Coridass, …

CANNES: Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) has been commissioned by Discovery Networks International to produce MegaQuake: Hour That Shook Japan, which will premiere on Discovery Channel in the U.K. and the U.S. on April 24 at 10 p.m. The hour-long special …

NEW YORK: FOX International Channels (FIC) and Fox Global Networks have established a new Hispanic media group that will initially encompass three Spanish-language networks. Fox Hispanic Media (FHM) will initially encompass FOX Deportes, a sports network; Utilísima, a women’s lifestyle network; …

CANNES: Discovery Fit & Health has announced its slate of acquired series and specials for 2011, including Teen Tamer and My Teen’s a Nightmare: I’m Moving Out. In the 5×1-hour Teen Tamer, behavioral specialist Lorrine Marer attempts to reform troubled …

MUNICH: Telescreen’s parent company, m4e AG, has scored the back catalogue of the former TV-Loonland from the insolvency administrator, covering more than 1,400 episodes, plus films. The titles acquired from the bankrupt children’s entertainment firm includes series such as The …

SYDNEY: Disney Junior has snapped up the preschool animated series Guess How Much I Love You: The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare from SLR Productions for broadcast in the U.S. The 52×11-minute series is based on the bestselling children’s book …

MUNICH/HELSINKI/CANNES: Bavaria Media has signed an agreement with Finland’s Solar Films to handle distribution of the Vares crime movies. Bavaria will represent the films in all markets except Scandinavia (where distribution is handled by Nordisk Film.) The films are based …

ROME: Switchover Media’s free-to-air digital kids’ channels K2 and Frisbee have increased their combined audience share to 8.4 percent, according to March Auditel/AGBNielsen rating, reaching more than 1.2 million kids aged 4 to 14 on a daily basis. Launched in …

CANNES: CBeebies In House Productions is working with FremantleMedia Enterprises on the 26×22-minute multiplatform action-adventure animation Tree Fu Tom, slated for a 2012 U.K. premiere. The CBeebies animation was designed to help children’s movement development. It follows the adventures of …