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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 …

SINGAPORE: SingTel’s IPTV platform mio TV, which recently added Granada TV to its lineup, is now offering subscribers two new on-demand channels featuring dramas and documentaries from the U.K., sourced from ITV Global Entertainment and BBC Worldwide. British Drama and …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Face the Ace, in which qualifiers compete against world-class poker pros for a shot at $1 million, will debut on NBC on August 1 at 9 p.m. Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos) hosts the new poker-themed game show, which …

LOS ANGELES: The Patricia Cornwell crime novels At Risk and The Front are being adapted into Lifetime original movies, starring Andie MacDowell, Daniel Sunjata, Diahann Carroll, Annabeth Gish and Ashley Williams. The films mark the first time ever that Cornwell’s …

NEW YORK: For the first time in the U.S., BBC natural-history programming such as The Blue Planet and Walking with Dinosaurs is available for purchase and download from Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Zune Marketplace.  Starting today, customers can purchase single …

MONTREAL: Telefilm Canada has selected 56 new-media projects to receive financial support through the product assistance component of the Canada New Media Fund (CNMF). The CNMF is a program that provides funding for private sector entrepreneurs. The national program supports …

PORTLAND: There were 589 million video-on-demand transactions in the U.S. in June, according to Rentrak Corporation, reflecting a 15-percent year-on-year increase. Rentrak, citing data from its OnDemand Essentials service, also reports that there was an average of 16.5 minutes of …

LONDON: Nine channel slots on BSkyB previously occupied by Setanta Sports are being put up for sale, with Canis Media appointed to handle the auction. Setanta Sports shuttered its operations last month, and its administrator, Deloitte, appointed Canis Media to …

BELFAST: Below the Radar has been commissioned by RTÉ and AETN UK to produce Mountbatten: Return to Mullaghmore, recounting the assassination of the Queen’s cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten, by the Irish Republican Army. In 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten and his …