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LONDON: European cable revenues grew 5.4 percent in 2008 to reach 18.8 billion euros, according to new research from Screen Digest, driven in part by the success of triple-play platforms. The research, carried out in conjunction with the Cable Europe …

TAIPEI: AETN All Asia Networks (AAA Networks), a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and ASTRO All Asia Entertainment Networks, has secured carriage for its portfolio of factual channels in Taiwan with four MSOs: TBC, kbro, CNS and TFN Media. …

NEW YORK: This September, Marvel will premiere The Super Hero Squad Show on Cartoon Network, and has signed up Tom Kenny, who voices SpongeBob SquarePants, to lend his talents to the characters of Iron Man, Captain America and M.O.D.O.K. Kenny …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has sold the preschool series 3rd & Bird!, created by Josh Selig and produced by his company, Little Airplane Productions, to Canada’s Treehouse. Aimed at 3- to 5-year-olds, the series will premiere on Treehouse on Monday, …

BOULOGNE: TF1 has released its financials for the first half of the year, showing a 16-percent decrease in revenues to 1.1 billion euros, with net profit down 61 percent to 49 million euros. French broadcasting revenues took the biggest hit, …

  TORONTO: Temple Street Productions and Family Channel in Canada have begun principal photography on Angel on Campus, with production continuing throughout the summer in Toronto. The series was created by Frank van Keekan (Kids in the Hall, Mad About You), who …

ROME: Fox Internationals Italy is launching a new channel, devoted to classic TV series from the 70s, 80s and 90s, on the SKY Italia platform. The launch of Fox Retro on August 1 brings the number of Fox International Channels …

LONDON: BT Vision has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television for the video-on-demand rights to a range of new and library feature films, including Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. The British digital TV service will also have the rights to Angels …

SYDNEY: XYZnetworks’ The LifeStyle Channel has commissioned Southern Star Entertainment to produce the 12×30-minute gardening series Garden Angels, presented by horticulturalists Melissa King, Jody Rigby and Linda Ross. Garden Angels will premiere on September 3 at 7:30 p.m. on The …

NEW YORK: Steven Selikoff takes on the newly created role of VP of development for series at RHI Entertainment in a further expansion of the company’s Los Angeles programming office, which opened in May. In his new role, reporting to …