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SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: The Supreme Court of the State of New York has denied the preliminary injunction sought by Carl Icahn regarding Lionsgate’s debt-for-equity swap. Icahn has gone before two courts, one previously in Canada, to argue that the deleveraging transaction …

NEW YORK: Universal Cable Productions is to produce an 11-episode original scripted series for Syfy, tentatively titled Alphas, with BermanBraun Television. The action-adventure series comes from writers Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk) and Michael Karnow. …

PREMIUM: While a number of territories across the Asia Pacific have become adept at creating their own formats, there’s still a healthy appetite in the region for licensing international concepts. Signs of health abound in the television markets across the …

LOS ANGELES: With still seven weeks till the NATPE Market and Conference, registration numbers are giving organizers reason to believe that the move to Miami is breathing new life into the event, which will be held January 24 to 26.  …

WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a set of new rules that would strengthen the government’s role in preventing customers from losing TV channels during disputes between pay-TV operators and station owners. William Lake, the FCC’s media bureau chief, …

The founder of KidsCo, launched three years ago, aims to make the London-based channel one of the “big four” in the worldwide children’s market. Launched in late 2007, KidsCo is already available in 95 countries in 18 languages, but with …

NEW YORK: More Americans than ever before watched video on their mobile devices in the second quarter of 2010, according to Nielsen’s new State of the Media report. The number of people watching videos on their mobiles is still small …

NEW YORK: Greg Bonann, the part-time lifeguard who co-created Baywatch, is hoping to have a similar level of success with his new show, Pt Dume.   First broadcast from 1990 to 1999, the original Baywatch has been ranked by the …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has started accepting submissions for the 2011 International Emmy Awards. The deadline for all submissions is February 20, 2011. In order to be eligible, the projects must have been created …

BURBANK: Disney Television Animation has been given a second-season order for the Disney Channel animated comedy Fish Hooks, along with being tapped by the channel for the new comedy series Gravity Falls. Fish Hooks, led by Noah Z. Jones, is …