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LOS ANGELES/LONDON: ITV has renewed its deal with MGM Worldwide Television for the rights to the James Bond movie franchise, which includes the U.K. free-TV premiere of Quantum of Solace with Daniel Craig. For the first time in the U.K., all the …

DOHA: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) was presented with the award for best short documentary film in anthropology for Written in the Wind at the Jade Kunlun Awards during the World Mountain Documentary Festival in Qinghai, China. The festival, dedicated …

ENGLEWOOD: The 3 from EPIX is a new movie channel, showcasing popular films from the ’70s to present day, which is set to join satellite platform DISH Network’s lineup. Culled from the libraries of premium movie service EPIX’s parent companies—Paramount, …

LOS ANGELES: Syd Vinnedge has teamed up with Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood to create Pop Monkey Productions, which has already secured a development deal with ITV Studios. Vinnedge is a 35 year veteran of the TV industry. He most recently served …

NEW YORK: Revenues at 4Kids Entertainment in the second quarter dropped from $3.6 million to $2.5 million, the company announced today, while its net loss also fell, from $13.8 million a year ago to $6.5 million. The reduction in the net …

HOLLYWOOD: A second season of Wilson & Ditch: Digging America is in production from The Jim Henson Company. The online property follows two comical gophers on a cross-country adventure as they explore America. New destinations explored in season two will …

LONDON: Vintage TV, a channel dedicated to music from the 1940s to 1980s, makes its broadcast debut on September 1 on Sky and Freesat. The destination targets viewers over 50 with five decades of music, featuring legends such as Nat …

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Shankly International Distribution has sold its rock-climbing adventure series First Ascent, co-produced by National Geographic Channels International, into more than eight new territories. BBC Scandinavia signed on to broadcast the show in Scandinavia and Poland. Extreme Channel in the …

STOCKHOLM: NonStop Television has firmed up a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution for a range of films to air on Showtime in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The deal includes movies such as William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, The …

NEW YORK: A new scripted pilot from Bryan Fuller, the creator of Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies, has been ordered by Syfy. The show will be based on the book The Lotus Caves by John Christopher. The story follows …