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TORONTO: marblemedia has begun production on the North American version of the hit British animated/live-action series Skatoony. The new version builds on the success of the Cartoon Network U.K. series, adding new voices, older contestants, an interactive website and new …

NEW YORK: Band of Brothers, a ten-part World War II mini-series originally produced for HBO, will air on Spike TV in the third quarter of 2009. Based on the book of the same name, written by historian and biographer Stephen …

SILVER SPRING: New appointments and promotions have been made within the Discovery Enterprises International program sales and licensing group, which is responsible for driving sales opportunities with international third-party broadcasters and licensees. Holly Roessler was named to the newly created …

LONDON: National Geographic Channel U.K. is launching Nat Geo Wild HD, available exclusively on the Sky+HD platform. Launching April 1, Nat Geo Wild HD covers natural history, airing programs such as Blue Whale Odyssey, Darwin’s Lost Voyage, the In The …

LONDON: The Day of the Triffids, an adaptation of John Wyndham’s best-selling novel for BBC One starring Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave and Jason Priestley, leads off Power’s lineup of big-budget dramas for MIPTV. Also on …

MEXICO CITY: Televisa Internacional is heading to MIPTV with a catalogue of telenovelas, series and a talk show to offer international buyers. Among the telenovelas on offer are Tomorrow is Forever, the story of pure and innocent love that will …

NEW YORK: The final episode of Battlestar Galactica scored 2.4 million live viewers for SCI FI, while HBO drew 2.7 million viewers for the third season finale of Big Love. Battlestar Galactica ended its four-season run on Friday night with its most-watched episode ever. …

MUNICH: SevenOne International’s catalogue includes more than 30 new fiction programs, among them Crash Point: Berlin. The ProSieben action thriller Crash Point: Berlin is about a charter flight on the verge of crashing into downtown Berlin. Other TV events on …

ALVISO/DALLAS: Blockbuster is making its library of digital movies available directly to the TV set via the TiVo DVR. Blockbuster OnDemand, featuring content to both buy and rent, will be integrated into TiVo Series2, Series3, TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL …

LONDON: UKTV is continuing the rebrand of its portfolio of networks, with UKTV Style due to become Home and UKTV Gardens to be renamed Really in the second quarter of this year. Home will feature inspirational home and gardens programming such as DIY …