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LONDON, January 16: Both format and finished program deals have been closed worldwide by Outright Distribution for World’s Strictest Parents, an original production from Twenty Twenty for BBC3.   In format deals, Kabel Eins in Germany and Seven Network in Australia …

MELBOURNE/OTTAWA, January 16: Australia’s Galaxy Pop and Canada’s Amberwood Enterainment have signed a co-production deal for the animated preschool series The Sunshine Friends.   The 52×11-minute 2-D series, created by Galaxy Pop producers Dina McPherson and Gian Christian, follows the adventure …

NEW YORK, January 16: HBO has scored the international rights to the opening ceremony of President Barack Obama’s inauguration for distribution to its branded channels around the world as well as to third-party broadcasters.   "There is great interest around …

TEL AVIV, January 16: Dori Media Group is forecasting that its full-year revenues for 2008 will be up 67 percent to $50 million from $30 million.   However, the company is expecting profits to be impacted by what it calls …

UNIVERSAL CITY, January 16: The John Wells drama Southland joins the new comedy from The Office‘s Greg Daniels and The Chopping Block on NBC’s spring schedule.   The drama Southland, which takes a look at the police unit in Los Angeles, debuts on April 9 at …

COLUMBIA, January 16: Comcast is adding Retirement Living TV (RLTV), a network targeted at the 50-plus set, to its digital television service.   RLTV features more than 1,000 hours of original programming on health, finance and other issues important to …

 LOS ANGELES, January 16: Bolstering its original programming slate, Lifetime Television has given a series pickup to Drop Dead Diva, starring comedian Margaret Cho, from creator Josh Berman and executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.   Drop Dead Diva tells the …

LONDON, January 16: The merger of British broadcaster Channel 4 into a wider commercial public-service broadcasting entity is among the policy proposals reportedly included in the Digital Britain report due later this month from Stephen Carter, the Minister for Communications, …

DALLAS/NEW YORK, January 15: AT&T Services has clinched a new deal with Viacom, bringing MTV Networks and BET Networks channels to its in-car entertainment service, among other platforms. The agreement renews carriage for the MTVN and BETN channels and VOD …

BURBANK, January 15: Disney-ABC Television Group’s morning talk show The View and the daytime drama General Hospital are now available for free online viewing on the ABC.com video player. The five most-recent episodes of each program will be available on …