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NEW YORK: The spat between Comcast Corporation and Level 3 Communications deepens, as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) takes interest in the issue. FCC chairman Juilus Genachowski said he was looking into Level 3’s allegations that Comcast was charging …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network has unveiled a new app that gives its customers the ability to watch live and recorded TV on the iPad. DISH Network customers must have a broadband-connected, Sling-enabled device, such as the Sling Adapter. In addition to …

NEW YORK: Rob Clark, the president of worldwide entertainment at FremantleMedia, is particularly keen on three new formats, which he talks about in this video.   The first is My Name Is, which Clark says has elicited an even bigger …

NEW YORK: TV Land has given cast-contingent greenlights to two new pilots, one of which is based on the life of Fran Drescher. Happily Divorced is written by Drescher (The Nanny) and Peter Marc Jacobsen (The Nanny, What I Like …

LONDON: DRG has sold the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show to ABC in Australia, Super Channel in Canada, TV4 of Sweden and Hulu in the U.S. ABC and Super Channel signed up for the all-new seventh season as network premieres. …

LOS ANGELES: Ahead of its January market, NATPE has already sold approximately 80 percent of the suite space at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami, with more than 500 buyers expected to be on hand. “We’ve seen tremendous excitement in advance …

MAINZ: ZDF and ZDF Enterprises are hosting the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) this year, which started today and runs through December 3. The event features film and television practitioners from the fields of scientific, historical and …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has ordered new seasons of Adventure Time, Regular Show and MAD, which form the network’s Monday night animated comedy lineup. The first two seasons of Adventure Time ranked number one in its time slots on all of …

HYDERABAD: ZDF Enterprises has secured a range of merchandising agreements in Germany for DQ Entertainment’s The Jungle Book. ZDF Enterprises is DQE’s German merchandising agents on the property. Through the new deals secured by ZDF Enterprises, Egmont has the exclusive …

DOHA: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) have teamed up for a series of books for preschoolers that feature the magical world of FaFa and her friends from Baraem TV. FaFa and her friends Moumou, …