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NEW YORK: Spike TV has a number of new pilots and projects in development, from both the scripted and non-scripted genres. Among the non-scripted pilots that the network has slated are Weapon X, from Thom Beers, the producer behind Deadliest Catch; …

LONDON/BURBANK: BT Vision in the U.K. this week launches WarnerFilms, a new subscription video-on-demand movie service from Warner Bros. International Branded Services. WarnerFilms will deliver theatrical motion pictures from Warner Bros. Entertainment, offering up 28 movies each month, with seven new …

TORONTO: The ITV Studios format Come Dine with Me is being produced in Canada by Proper Television for W Network, which is also currently airing the British version of the show. Filming is set to take place this summer, with a …

LONDON: Thanks to the popularity of Glee, Shameless, Skins, EastEnders and Coronation Street, among other titles, British cable platform Virgin Media has recorded more than 200 million on-demand views in the first three months of this year. Delivering content from the …

NEW YORK: Dramas accounted for 40 percent of the U.S. network prime-time schedule in the 2008/09 season, Nielsen reports, up from 36 percent in the prior season, while reality’s share stayed constant at 28 percent. In the most recent completed television …

DOHA: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) is working with Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) to develop books based on programs and characters from its networks, kicking off with a series inspired by the Baraem character Fafa. The books will be …

MONTREAL: Incendo has begun principal photography on Wandering Eye, starring Amanda Righetti (The Mentalist), for a 2011 premiere in Canada on The Movie Network, Movie Central and Super Écran. Since its 2001 launch, Incendo has produced 40 made-for-TV movies starring the …

TORONTO: This week, W Network in Canada will premiere Wedding for One, the first of six TV movies from Breakthrough Films & Television under the Shadow Island Mysteries banner. Produced by Breakthrough Films & Television and Buffalo Gal Pictures, the film …

WINNIPEG: The restructured Canwest’s television division is set to become a subsidiary of Shaw Communications, following a previously announced agreement with debt holders as well as a new deal to purchase Goldman Sachs Capital Partners interest in the specialty channels …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has added to its catalogue the upcoming ABC special Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute. The hour-long special was taped in late March in Beverly Hills, but will air on ABC at …