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NEW YORK, December 10: HIT Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company and TELETOON have teamed up to bring the iconic series Fraggle Rock to TELETOON Retro in Canada. The digital specialty channel, which has more than 5 million subscribers, will launch …

SINGAPORE, December 10: Salon Media Management has launched a S$100 million fund for the production of film, TV and animation content and related games over the next five years. "It is our hope that this new fund will not only …

WASHINGTON, D.C./TAIPEI, December 10: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has renewed its alliance with the Government Information Office (GIO) of Taiwan for the award-winning series Taiwan to the World. The co-funded series is intended to foster the development of high-definition …

SINGAPORE, December 10: As the ATF opened in Singapore today, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced the sale of more than 1,500 programming hours to broadcasters across the region in the past two months covering a range of genres. Thailand's True TV …

NEW YORK, December 10: FOX Business Network (FBN) is launching on Cox Communications to more than 2 million digital subscribers across the U.S., beginning January 1. The new deal takes FBN's total distribution to 45 million homes, making the network …

BURBANK, December 10: Disney Channel has ordered a second season of Imagination Movers, a Playhouse Disney series that features a New Orleans alternative rock band for preschoolers. The production of 26 new episodes will resume in New Orleans in spring …

LONDON, December 10: Filming has begun in South Africa, Mozambique and Prague on The Philanthropist, the first commission for Carnival Films from their new parent company, NBC Universal. The series, starring James Purefoy (Rome), is an eight-part drama for NBC …

LOS ANGELES, December 10: Monetizing the convergence of programming, advertising and emerging media will be the focus of the 2009 National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Market & Conference, held January 26 to 29 at the Mandalay Bay Resort …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, December 9: Jay Leno, the current host of The Tonight Show, has signed a new agreement with NBC to fill a 10 p.m. time slot each weeknight in a format similar to his late-night show. The new …

LOS ANGELES, December 9: At a Town Hall meeting yesterday, leaders of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) urged members to vote for the authorization of a strike, in a move to force film and television studios to negotiate. The meeting …