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MONTREAL: La Presse Télé has closed a deal with a Russian production company for a local adaptation of The Parents, which is also heading into a second season in Greece. Yellow Black and White Group has bought the format rights …

HARRINGTON PARK: The feature-length documentary Gettysburg and Stories of Valor has been licensed by Janson Media to SunTower Communications of Sweden for DVD. Gettysburg and Stories of Valor is available as a two-disc set with extra features, as well as …

SYDNEY: The live-action kids’ drama My Place, produced by Chapman Pictures and distributed by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF), was named the most outstanding children’s program at the 52nd annual TV Week Logie Awards. My Place, based on the Australian …

BOSTON: The Yankee Group is predicting that one in eight consumers will cut their pay-TV services this year, opting instead to access content using their computers, gaming consoles or other connected devices. The number of so-called "coax-cutters" is set to …

STOCKHOLM: NonStop Television is set to take its Star!, Showtime and Silver channels to Ghana, Kenya and Uganda via carriage on the Smart TV DTT platform operated by Next Generation Broadcasting. The channels launched in Ghana at the weekend and make their …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has tapped Doug Murphy, who most recently oversaw its portfolio of kids’ networks, as the new president of Corus Television, expanding his remit to include lifestyle and movie services, among other properties. "Doug is an outstanding executive with …

LOS ANGELES: On May 4, the video for Miley Cyrus’s newest single, Can’t Be Tamed, is to make its worldwide debut exclusively on E! Entertainment Television during E! News. The video will make it premiere at 7 p.m. and again …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has entered into a deal with yap films to co-produce the three-part series Storm Worlds, which looks at what would happen to if the deadliest weather in the universe descended upon our planet. Set to …

SILVER SPRING: Secret Life of Elephants, a two-hour exploration into the lives of more than 900 elephants that roam Kenya’s National Samburu Reserve, makes its debut on May 16 at 8 p.m. on Animal Planet. Shot in HD, Secret Life …

LONDON: BSkyB has reached an agreement with Ofcom over the regulator’s controversial decision on the pricing of the platform’s sports channels for other operators, pending the resolution of its appeal lodged with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Last month, Ofcom …