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LONDON/LOS ANGELES: RDA TV has acquired 88 half-hour episodes of the boxing and martial arts series Monster Knockout from Mighty Oak Entertainment for worldwide distribution outside of the U.S. The show features champions of combat sports such as Mike Tyson, …

LONDON: Lena: Love of My Life, an adaptation of the Endemol Argentina and Telefe long-running telenovela Don Juan y su Bella Dama, has been commissioned by ZDF in Germany. Lena will be Endemol’s first daily drama series in Germany. The …

NEW YORK: Reduced revenues from So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol, and restructuring charges at 19 Entertainment, resulted in CKx, Inc. posting a third-quarter loss of $2.4 million, as compared with the year-ago profit of $11.2 million. Total revenues at …

NEW YORK: Lea Thompson, who has been on a worldwide tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future, is starring in the new Hallmark Movie Channel original The Cabin, premiering summer 2011. Thompson stars alongside Steven Brand (Covert …

NEW YORK: MTV’s David Janollari has been given the expanded role of executive VP and head of programming, while Chris Linn is to become the executive VP of programming and head of MTV Production. Janollari will oversee the scripted, comedy, animation …

LONDON: CAKE has sold Fresh TV’s animated surf comedy Stoked to Germany’s KI.KA, which will launch the tween series in early 2011. Stoked centers on six teenagers who come together one summer to work, and surf, at the Surfer’s Paradise …

BURBANK: The new kids’ service Disney Junior, aimed at children 2 to 7 and their families, will make its debut in February 2011. Disney Junior will launch content across the daily block on Disney Channel, an integrated website, VOD, mobile …

LONDON: This week, Warner Bros. completes its acquisition of Leavesden Studios—the London-based facility where all eight Harry Potter films were shot—in which it plans to invest £100 million to create a permanent U.K. production base. Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden will …

LONDON: KidsCo has firmed up an agreement with the Greek triple-play provider On Telecoms, which sees the international children’s channel become available via the telecommunication company’s IPTV services starting this month. KidsCo features family-friendly programming such as Sonic: Underground, Sabrina: …

LOS ANGELES: After agreeing to joint bargaining earlier this year, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for …