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LONDON/AMSTERDAM: Discovery Channel is expanding its reach with a launch on October 1 on Telenet’s analogue feed in the Flemish market. This is the first analogue license to be released in the region since the launch of Vijftv in 2004. …

NASHVILLE/ENGLEWOOD: The Documentary Channel (DOC) can now offer up traditional 30-second spots after relaunching as a fully commercial service, almost four years after premiering as a public-interest network. DOC, launched in 2006 by filmmaker Tom Neff—who recently transitioned from the …

LOS ANGELES: The Moonscoop Group has completed a global licensing and production deal with skateboarder and reality TV star Rob Dyrdek for his action-oriented Wild Grinders toy line and entertainment brand. Moonscoop will co-created and produce a series of Wild …

LONDON: British personality Katie Price will be the focus of a new series for ITV2 that chronicles her life after her separation from husband Peter Andre earlier this year, co-produced by ITV Studios and her new production company. The 6×1-hour What …

LONDON: Paul Curtis is to take up the newly created role of VP of commercial strategy for NBC Universal Global Networks’ U.K. portfolio of channels: SCI FI, Hallmark Channel, Movies 24 and Diva TV. Former deputy managing director of BSkyB …

LONDON: Former Discovery Networks Asia Pacific executive Saurindra Kumar Barua (known as Raj) is joining FremantleMedia to set up a production base for the company in India, where the company has scored deals on Got Talent and Poker Face, among …

LOS ANGELES: RealNetworks has been hit with a temporary injunction on its RealDVD application, which allows consumers to copy DVDs to their PCs, by a federal judge, after the Hollywood studios filed a lawsuit against the company. Last year, the Motion …

MIAMI: Production is under way in Bogotá, Colombia, on a Latin American version of ABC Studios’ hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, to be titled A Corazón Abierto (An Open Heart). The reversioned script was adapted by Fernando Gaitán, who wrote …

PARIS: Jerry Seinfeld and production partner Ellen Rakieten will be attending MIPCOM this October to promote the new show they are executive producing, The Marriage Ref for NBC, which is being distributed globally by Endemol. Seinfeld will deliver a special comedy …

BURBANK: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) has extended efforts on its Combo Pack, which includes a Blu-ray disc plus a standard-definition DVD in a single package, for Disney-branded Blu-ray titles releasing through December 2010. Through a recent online survey …