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LONDON: Outright Distribution has secured a number of deals from the Wall To Wall and Ricochet catalogues, with sales in Asia, France and Scandinavia, among numerous other territories. Genius of Photography, originally produced by Wall To Wall for BBC Two …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery HD Theater is launching on the Sky platform in Brazil this month, adding to the list of 30 markets worldwide where Discovery’s high-definition services are distributed. Discovery HD Theater offers nonfiction entertainment in 1080i HD. In Latin …

NEW YORK: Further expanding its portfolio of insightful newsletters for the worldwide media community, World Screen is launching TV Channels Weekly this July. Distributed to our readership base of more than 30,000 executives in the international media business every Monday, …

NEW YORK: When The CW announced last week that it will turn over its Sunday night prime-time hours to its affiliates to program, not too many industry insiders were surprised. In fact, many were expecting it. It’s no secret that …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has firmed up new deals for the hit quiz show Cash Cab in India, Italy, Canada, the U.S., Sweden, Denmark and Greece. In Italy, 45 episodes are being produced by Stile Libero for SKY Uno Italia, while …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications is getting into the adventure travel business this summer, offering consumers tourism packages to countries featured in Discovery Channel programming, in partnership with G.A.P. Adventures. The new venture, Discovery Adventures, plans to offer more than 30 trips beginning …

LONDON: Five new appointments have been made to the Knowledge commissioning team at the BBC, along with a new head of religion named for BBC Radio. Aaqil Ahmed takes on the joint role of head of religion and ethics and …

BALTIMORE: PBS’s The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer will become PBS NewsHour this fall, move from a single anchor to a dual anchor format and add a correspondent to serve as a bridge between the show’s on-air and digital-media platforms. The changes, taking …

PARIS/LONDON: The first in a trio of feature-length films based on the half-hour comedy Genie in the House will start shooting in 2010 from Moi j’aime la télévision (MJTV) and Helion Pictures. MJTV and Helion are creating a movie franchise …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Czech-language versions of HISTORY and HISTORY HD have launched on Skylink in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, expanding on current Central European services in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Montenegro. HISTORY …