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WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Television (NGT) is producing a new six-hour documentary series in partnership with the Greek broadcaster SKAI that will re-examine the role of Greece in world history. The Greeks (working title) will tell the 2,000-year story of …

NEW YORK: A range of classic fairy tales, legends and pop-culture characters will be reimagined for Syfy’s new line of Saturday night original movies, kicking off with Beauty and the Beast on February 27. Beauty and the Beast stars Estella Warren as …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has firmed up a range of international deals for the first two seasons of Icon Films’ Weird Creatures with Nick Baker, taking the series into more than 40 territories worldwide. Season one has been picked …

MIAMI: The Telemundo Internacional telenovela The Storm has launched in Namibia on One Africa Television and is to make its debut on February 14 in Kenya on NTV. The novela tells the story of two people who come from opposite …

LONDON: CBS Reality, the British entertainment channel owned by Chello Zone and CBS Studios International, has added three new paranormal series to its schedule: Rescue Mediums, Colin Fry Live and The Three Mediums. CBS Reality has secured the U.K. premiere …

SANTA MONICA: The stereoscopic 3D animated family feature Norm of the North is the second release in a three-picture deal between Lionsgate and Crest Animation Studios. The first film in the Lionsgate/Crest partnership is the upcoming CGI animated family feature …

BURBANK: Disney Television Animation has started production on Jake and the Never Land Pirates, an interactive 2D and CG animated preschool series that features the classic characters Captain Hook and Smee, which will air on Playhouse Disney-branded blocks and channels …

NEW YORK: The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, which aired on CBS on Sunday, attracted 25.8 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen figures, marking the show’s biggest TV audience in six years. The event logged a year-on-year increase in viewers of …

DALLAS: HDNet has struck a multi-year partnership with Mark Burnett Presents: King of the Cage that sees the network featuring live Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events every month. King of the Cage is an MMA organization that promotes events throughout …

NEW YORK: Robert Dodds has been appointed as the CEO of 19 Entertainment, following Simon Fuller’s decision to start up a new entertainment company. Last month, the American Idol creator said he was planning to start up a new venture, but would remain involved with 19, which he founded, by …