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LOS ANGELES: The new G4 comedy series Web Soup, from the producers of E!’s hit series The Soup, packages the best viral videos from the web into a half-hour weekly show, hosted by Chris Hardwick. Debuting June 7 at 9 …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Alaskan Killer Shark, co-produced by National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and Off the Fence Productions, takes an in-depth look into the hidden world of Alaska’s salmon sharks. In co-production with Dangerous Passage Productions, the documentary uses cutting-edge camera …

TORONTO: The inaugural Canwest-Hot Docs Pitch Prize was handed out at the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF), with the C$40,000 going to Toronto’s White Pine Pictures for The Team. Pitched as a feature-length, vérité-style documentary, The Team takes place in Kenya …

BARCELONA: A number of deals have been signed across Latin America by Imira Entertainment from its third-party slate, which includes the likes of the Jonathan M. Schiff/ZDF Enterprises live-action series The Elephant Princess. The Elephant Princess went to Chilean free-TV …

NEW YORK: TVLatina.tv, World Screen’s leading Spanish-language website, has launched the L.A. Screenings Multimedia Extravaganza, delivering features, interviews, audio, a host of resources—including a suite directory for the Century Plaza and InterContinental hotels—and the Enfocados en el futuro (Focused on the Future) video …

LOS ANGELES: The new Star Trek movie opened with a $72.5-million North American box-office intake this weekend, rising to the number one spot and topping the opening weekend grosses of all previous releases in the 40-year-old franchise. The J.J. Abrams reboot, …

NEW YORK: Jane Root, most recently president of Discovery Channel in the U.S., is working on a 12-part series, America The Story of Us, for HISTORY, which is billing it as a "groundbreaking initiative of epic proportions." Slated for a …

MUNICH: German pay-TV platform Premiere, in which News Corporation holds a 30.5-percent stake, may undergo a rebranding to become Sky Deutschland, press reports indicate. An official announcement could come as early as next week, Dow Jones reports, and the rebrand is …

COPENHAGEN: The European Documentary Network (EDN) has opened the call for a new two-part development program—New Platforms, New Politics—spotlighting ten documentaries that promote social, environmental and political change. The development program will help define a frame for the production of …

BURBANK: ABC has launched an online destination showcasing the music and artists that are featured in the network’s prime-time shows, kicking off with a tribute to Grey’s Anatomy. The ABC Music Lounge on ABC.com includes a streaming radio station programmed with more …