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CANNES: 9 Story Entertainment’s new live-action movie Harriet the Spy will premiere worldwide on all Disney Channels beginning in 2010. Based on the classic books by Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy features the adventures of high schooler Harriet Welsch. Competing against …

CANNES: Discovery Communications has more than 600 hours of new programming to present to buyers, spanning entertainment, observational-documentaries and blue-chip content. On its entertainment slate, Jon & Kate Plus 8 follows a family who has a set of twins and …

CANNES: Mellisa Gillies is the new VP of sales and marketing at Metan Development Group, based at the company’s Beijing office. Gillies will oversee sponsorship, advertising sales and marketing operations, as well as related business activities in China. She will also be tasked …

CANNES: Comcast International Media Group’s The Style Network is to launch to Australian audiences on November 15 on Foxtel and Austar, bringing the female-skewing channel’s reach to more than 78 million subscribers worldwide.  The Style Network will be featured as …

 BOCA RATON: Three Penthouse channels will make their HD debut in Europe tomorrow.  Penthouse HD features soft-core erotic content, while Penthouse HD1 and Penthouse HD2 feature hard-core adult programming. The three channels will be available in Europe from the Satellite …

TORONTO: In celebrating the 40th anniversary of the daytime soap opera All My Children, The Fremantle Corporation is introducing all-new episodes of the serial produced in HD.  One of the longest-running shows in daytime history, All My Children, created by Agnes …

NEW YORK: NBC Universal is working with Maria Shriver on a project about women in America, complementing her study The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, with a weeklong programming stunt that kicks off October 18. The initative covers a host …

WELLINGTON: The New Zealand-produced mystery drama Kaitangata Twitch has been sold to ABC TV in Australia by Lenz Entertainment. Done in live action and CGI, the tale is of the modern world confronted by Maori legend. The project is from …

LOS ANGELES: HBO is co-producing Angry Boys, a new series from the creator and star of the Australian comedy Summer Heights High, with ABC TV in Australia in association with the BBC. Angry Boys is the new series from Chris Lilley and Princess Pictures. …

TORONTO: Cuppa Coffee Studios has entered into a partnership that sees its kids and family properties being represented internationally by Bejuba! Entertainment. Properties covered in the deal include the 50×1-minute interstitial series Bruno and the 26×11-minute spin-off series Bruno and …