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TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has unveiled the fall lineup for Canadian kids’ channels YTV, Treehouse and Discovery Kids, featuring shows such as The Penguins of Madagascar and live-action comedy How to be Indie. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, The Penguins of Madagascar …

LONDON: Indie production outfit Monkey Kingdom is making a larger push into drama with backing through an exclusive development and distribution agreement with ITV Global Entertainment. The deal sees ITV Global Entertainment bolstering Monkey’s push into drama and supports a …

LOS ANGELES: Eight Project Runway designers from past seasons return to compete in a two-hour Lifetime special, Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, airing just ahead of the premiere of the sixth installment of the fashion competition. On August 20 at 8 …

LONDON/SHANGHAI: New global data reveals that venture capital investments in Europe, Canada, Israel, China and India fell to $1.46 billion in the second quarter, down from $1.99 billion in Q1 and 63-percent down from the $3.95 billion in the year-ago period. There …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has acquired the off-network rights for the disaster-themed NBC mini-series Meteor and The Storm, produced by RHI Entertainment. Meteor features two scientists who discover a giant meteor has been knocked out of its orbit and is …

SEOUL: Cartoon Network has secured the cable and satellite rights to Sunwoo Entertainment’s MixMaster2 for broadcast to more than 91 million viewers across 25 Asia-Pacific countries. Slated for launch in 2010, MixMaster2 has 40 brand-new episodes that follow the adventures …

    WINNIPEG: Canwest Global Communications Corp. is closing down two of its E! affiliated stations, in Victoria and Red Deer, while rebranding a third, in Kelowna, as a Global affiliate. In February, Canwest retained RBC Capital Markets to assist …

NEW YORK: As the legendary newsman is remembered today with a ceremony at St. Bartholomew’s Church in midtown Manhattan, Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, who worked in the CBS newsroom in Chicago in the ’80s, reflects upon his …

MOSCOW: Elena Glukhovskaya has been named sales manager for Russia at NBC Universal Global Networks, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Glukhovskaya will report to Colin McLeod, Global Networks’ managing director for Central and Eastern Europe. Glukhovskaya will be …

LOS ANGELES: E! Entertainment Television has announced a sophomore season of the reality series Kendra, which centers on Playboy alum Kendra Wilkinson, who gained fame as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend on E!’s The Girls Next Door. The first season, which set records for E! …