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TORONTO, January 7: Breakthrough Films & Television has begun production on two new projects, Mini-Monsters of Amazonia and Stay Tooned. Mini-Monsters of Amazonia is a scientific/adventure documentary special that follows a group of international scientists to Ecuador to research the …

LONDON, January 7: A reality contest with a twist, True Beauty, from Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks, leads off FremantleMedia Enterprises' (FME) offerings for buyers at NATPE. The 8×1-hour series, hosted and judged by TV personality Vanessa Minnillo, along with …

SANTA MONICA, January 7: In a deal with American Greetings Properties, Lionsgate has scored the North American home-entertainment rights to an assortment of titles based on the Care Bears brand. Lionsgate has been representing Care Bears properties in the home-entertainment …

SINGAPORE/BONN, January 7: Deutsche Welle is expanding its TV services in Asia, launching DW-TV ASIA+, effective March 2, delivering content on European lifestyle, culture, arts, business and politics, most of it in English. Deutsche Welle already operates DW-TV ASIA, with …

EMERYVILLE, January 7: MobiTV has added a number of full-length episodes and clips from CBS Mobile, including hits such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, CSI: NY and The Young and the Restless, to its service. Full episodes featured on …

SÃO PAULO, January 7: The Latin American Internet company Terra has launched Atom, its new portal housing an assortment of professional and user-generated content, alongside social-networking tools. According to Fernando Madeira, the general director of Terra for Latin America, Atom, …

NEW YORK, January 7: Univision Communications has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with cable giant Comcast Corporation, covering the flagship Univision network, plus Galavision and TeleFutura. The deal includes carriage of Univision's owned-and-operated broadcast stations and affiliated stations owned and …

BERLIN/LONDON/NEW YORK, January 7: Andreas Niedergesäss  has been appointed to lead Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products’ (NVCP) team in Germany, responsible for the management and development of activities across all brands, including Nick, MTV, Viva and Comedy Central. In the …

BURBANK, January 7: Disney will launch its new boy-focused, girl-inclusive entertainment brand Disney XD as a 24-hour basic cable network on February 13, with an online and mobile-game component to follow. The online and mobile-game experience DisneyXD.com will feature games, …

LONDON, January 7: Daniela Neumann, who has been serving as the acting director of programs at Virgin Media Television (VMtv) for the last year, has been given a permanent appointment. Neumann, who has been covering a maternity leave for Celia …