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LONDON: October Films is expanding the Rude Tube brand into its first full series on Channel 4. Hosted by Alex Zane, the 3×50-minute series of Rude Tube will be produced by Matt Robins and Jos Cushing, and executive produced by …

LONDON: Disney Channel U.K. is producing a second season of Oscar and Michael’s Phineas and Ferb Fan Club Show, which pays homage to the animated comedy Phineas and Ferb. The first season launched in November 2008, while the second season …

NEW YORK: Pilot Season, a 30-episode mockumentary about Hollywood, will premiere on My Damn Channel on April 20 with two episodes. The series stars David Cross, Andy Dick, Isla Fisher, Sam Seder and Sarah Silverman. The show features a documentary …

CANNES: Rights for extensive documentary packages from ZDF Enterprises were purchased by YLE in Finland, RTE in Ireland, the Danish DR TV and the French channel TF1. National Geographic Channel snapped up broadcasting rights for the docudrama Stauffenberg: The True …

LONDON: Virgin1 has commissioned a series of programs featuring the Road to V competition, a national search for British unsigned music talent, from Que Pasa. The 6×5-minute titles will air on the first Friday of every month on the Virgin …

WASHINGTON D.C.: The Walt Disney Company’s president and CEO Bob Iger is willing to help the cable industry and place Disney/ABC networks for online streaming, but he does not back a subscriber-only plan that would make it difficult for consumers …

LONDON: The U.K. regulatory body Ofcom has fined the BBC £150,000 for lewd phones messages left on actor Andrew Sachs’s voicemail by BBC 2 radio personalities Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. Ofcom said Russell Brand’s radio show had violated the …

NEW YORK: Broadcast TV stations in the U.S. surpassed $1 billion in interactive sales for the first time in 2008, growing their online ad revenues by 36 percent. According to a report from the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB), despite …

BURBANK: A comedy series starring the Jonas Brothers will have a multiplatform premiere on May 2 on Disney Channel. Jonas, which stars recording artists Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas, Chelsea Staub (Minutemen), Nicole Anderson (Hannah Montana), John Ducey (Will and …

CANNES: Telescreen has scooped up the worldwide all media rights for the Dutch book-publishing character Fingerling (Pinkeltje), including related characters and stories, for adaptation into movies, home entertainment and merchandising, among other platforms. Further areas for exploitation include Internet, mobile …