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LOS ANGELES/HONG KONG: STAR’s Hindi-language cable channel STAR India PLUS is now available to AT&T U-verse TV subscribers across the U.S. The channel is offered a la carte for $12 per month or in the South Asian Package which includes …

TORONTO: A new cookery show available as a 6×30-minute series and 20×5-minute shorts will be presented alongside a host of documentary, sci-fi and lifestyle fare in Tricon Films & Television’s MIPTV catalogue. Originally a series of 2 five-minute online shorts, Bitchin’ …

LOS ANGELES: The MEN7 Digital Network, distributed globally by Bennett Media Worldwide, has nine new strategy, action and sports games from Bigpoint.com in its content roster. The games, currently reaching 57 million registered players worldwide, include Seafight, Dark Orbit, Deepolis, …

MEVASSERT ZION: New scripted dramas and comedies have been added to Armoza Formats’ catalogue for international buyers at the upcoming MIPTV market. The Naked Truth, created by Uri and Benni Barabash, follows the disappearance of a teenage girl and the …

CAMBRIDGE: Brightcove has lined up a slate of new Japanese clients, among them Tokyo Broadcasting System, after establishing a majority owned subsidiary in this key Asian market last year. In 2008, the Japanese subsidiary of the online video platform was established with a …

TORONTO/LONDON: On the heels of a second-season commission from CBeebies, Grandpa In My Pocket has been sold by DECODE Enterprises to three new international broadcasters. Canada’s TVO, Australia’s ABC TV and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel have all taken on the series, …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The Jim Henson Company and DECODE Entertainment have teamed up to co-produce 26 half-hour episodes of a new 3-D animated series, The Doozers, based on the industrious characters from Fraggle Rock. Targeted at 4- to 7-year-olds, The Doozers …

LONDON: The Australian broadcaster Seven Network has acquired the prime-time nature series Billy Connolly Journey to the Edge of the World from ITV Global. Billy Connolly Journey to the Edge of the World takes viewers on a voyage through the …

LOS ANGELES: Chelsea Handler will stay on as host and executive producer at E! Entertainment’s Chelsea Lately through 2012 as part of her new deal with Comcast Entertainment Group that also includes the production of shows via her newly established venture, Borderline Amazing …

NEW YORK: RHI Entertainment has clinched a deal with NBC for two summer productions, Meteor and The Storm, and has lined up SCI FI Channel as a partner on Riverworld, Phantom and Alice for its 2009-2010 season.  "In this and any media market environment, as networks contemplate …