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TORONTO: The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) has announced key findings from the first phase of a national study on Canadian children’s and youth programming, presented as a highlight of today’s Children, Youth & Media Conference. The study surveyed …

LONDON: Scorpion TV has acquired the rights to the documentary Fahrenheit 2010, which looks at how South Africans really feel about the upcoming World Cup.  Fahrenheit 2010, directed by Craig Tanner of Levitation Films, asks the question of who stands to …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered six hour-long episodes of John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show from Avalon Television. The series is hosted by John Oliver (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and features stand-up from some of his favorite …

NEW YORK: Buppies, a new web series that spotlights the lives of young African-American professionals living in Los Angeles, launches on BET.com on November 24 for a ten-week run.  The webisodes chronicle the relationship dramas of a group of slightly dysfunctional …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that actor Ed Westwick will join MTV’s Alexa Chung and recording artist Moby on stage as presenters at the 2009 International Emmy Awards. British TV personality Graham Norton returns to …

LONDON: Virgin1 has signed a deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the DTT rights to air the sci-fi drama Warehouse 13 and medical series Trauma in the U.K.  Airing on Syfy in the U.S., and recently renewed for a …

LONDON: YouTube is making full-length episodes of series such as Hollyoaks and Gordon Ramsay’s F Word available to U.K. viewers through its new "Shows" section.  The new section provides the first shows from a deal with Channel 4 announced last …

BARCELONA: Vivendi CFO Philippe Capron said the company wants to exit NBC Universal (NBCU) and does not want to be part of the proposed General Electric-Comcast joint venture, but the Vivendi board has not yet reached a decision on the …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has signed National Geographic Channel (NGC) as co-production partner for three HD documentaries.  The hour-long Secrets of Angkor provides insights into the ancient civilization of the Khmer. Produced by Spiegel TV Hamburg, the projects premiered on NGC in July. The …

NEW YORK: Real Time with Bill Maher has been renewed for an eighth season by HBO, with new hour-long editions debuting at 9 p.m. for the first time.  The season launches on February 19, and encore presentations will air at …