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LONDON: Virgin Media has added Film4 HD and E4 HD to its digital TV platform, bringing such offerings as the blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire and hit series Glee and Hollyoaks to the lineup in high definition. Film4 HD will offer a …

LONDON: Coinciding with its 20th anniversary, VGI Entertainment has changed its name to VSI Entertainment. The rebrand also comes alongside the release of the new HD CGI series Everything’s Rosie. The 52×11-minute series, aimed at 3- to 6-year-olds, is due to …

TORONTO: Cream Productions has completed production on the new 4×1-hour Aftermath series for National Geographic Channel in the U.S. and History Television in Canada, and the show will be launched at MIPTV by ITV Studios Global Entertainment. A follow-up to the CGI science …

LONDON: The lifestyle channel Fine Living Network (FLN) will launch on April 1 across more than 60 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. FLN is the latest product from the JV created last year between Scripps Networks Interactive …

ABU DHABI: Fox International Channels is stepping up its activities in the Middle East, partnering with twofour54 on three major projects that were announced at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit. FIC is set to move the playout and operations of some of …

BURBANK: ABC Family has clinched the rights to Walt Disney Pictures’ new blockbuster Alice in Wonderland for a 2012 U.S. network television premiere. The Tim Burton fantasy epic, acquired from Disney-ABC Domestic Distribution, opened with a $210.3 million worldwide box-office weekend, thanks in …

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group has sold the teen vampire series Split into 35 countries since its launch nine months ago, with the Philippines as the latest territory, and the first in Asia, to pick up the daily drama. The …

MADRID/NEW YORK: Spain’s Group Prisa is to receive a $900 million cash injection via a merger deal with Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp., a U.S.-based special-purpose acquisition company. The deal calls for the combination of the two companies and a 150 million …

NEW DELHI: ESPN STAR Sports has signed a deal with Media Star Global to produce and air the Indian football reality show Super Soccer Star.  The multiplatform entertainment property and reality show aims to discover young football talent in association …

PARIS: Mooscoop has wrapped a deal with Chutti TV, Sun TV’s kids’ channel in India, for 725 half-hours of programming. The deal includes the series Geronimo Stilton, co-produced and co-distributed with Atlantyca Entertainment; Gasp from SLR Productions; Dive Olly Dive, …