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UNIVERSAL CITY: Full episodes of a host of NBC’s summer shows, including America’s Got Talent and the imports The Listener and Merlin, are now available on NBC.com. Also available are full episodes of The Philanthropist and The Great American Road Trip, as …

LONDON: A new film fund has launched in the U.K. to support the production of socially conscious documentaries using donations from social networks and film fans. Tipping Point Film Fund (TPFF) is a not-for-profit fund that aims to reach out …

PARIS: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has signed a deal with Ace Entertainment to make E! Entertainment content available on Mosaic Mobile, a bouquet of mobile TV channels in France, Switzerland and Belgium. The free, ad-based streaming video service available on …

HONG KONG/LISBON: STAR’s Hindi-language entertainment channel Star Plus and Bollywood movie outlet Star Gold have secured carriage on the Clix IPTV platform in Portugal. Both channels will be available to Clix subscribers as part of the “STAR Pack” for 9.99 …

NEW YORK: Bravo is currently casting for the third season of The Real Housewives of New York City, set to premiere in 2010. The cable network says that production will begin this fall. Casting is currently under way for "additional housewives," …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the rights to Jimmy Two-Shoes to Disney Channel in Japan for a fall 2009 launch. Walt Disney Television International Japan picked up 26 half-hour episodes of the animated comedy, produced by Breakthrough Animation in association with …

LORETO: Rainbow SpA, Big Bocca Productions and Panini have signed a deal to roll out 3-D figurines in the U.K. based on the boy-skewing property Huntik. The show was developed in partnership with m4e and is currently on air on Jetix in …

WEST PALM BEACH: Kristine Hunsinger, most recently with Lifetime Television, has been named senior VP of planning, scheduling and acquisitions at ION Media Networks. The appointment reflects ION’s expanded commitment to developing and acquiring new programming. Her mandate includes directing and …

PALO ALTO: Professionally produced short-form content made for the web rivals episodic television for entertainment value, according to a new survey on online viewing preferences. The survey, from the research firm Frank N. Magid Associates and the online video destination …

PARIS: France’s Competition Authority wants IPTV platform Orange to give access to its exclusive content to a wider pool of consumers, outside of its base of broadband subscribers. In a bid to lure and maintain customers, the France Telecom-owned IPTV …