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LONDON, December 4: Parthenon Entertainment has secured two deals for a package of three crime series from Story House Productions: The Real NCIS, Real Interrogations and Judgement Day. Crime & Investigation Network in the U.K. and FOXTEL in Australia have …

LONDON, December 4: ITV Global Entertainment has closed a number of deals with global broadcasters, including Nickelodeon Australia, for the hit musical drama Britannia High. HBO Latin America, MBC in the Middle East, Seven Network Australia and Nickelodeon Australia have …

SILVER SPRING, December 4: Discovery Networks International will launch Investigation Discovery (ID), a 24-hour crime and investigation channel, in the U.K. on January 20. This will be the first international launch for the ID brand, which debuted in the U.S. …

NEW YORK, December 4: Univision Online and Endemol are partnering with Amistad Productions to produce an interactive web-based novela, Vidas Cruzadas (Crossed Lives), which will premiere exclusively on Univision.com in 2009. This project features 15 three- to five-minute episodes that …

STOCKHOLM, December 4: Viasat Broadcasting has acquired live UEFA Champions League football broadcasting rights for Bulgaria from the 2009/2010 season until the end of the 2011/2012 championship. The new rights will be broadcast on the Diema channel, which is already …

UNIVERSAL CITY, December 4: NBC has unveiled its post-January mid-season schedule, which features the new drama Kings and the return of Medium and Chuck, among others. Immediately following Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, NBC will broadcast an original hour-long …

AUCKLAND, December 4: MTV Networks New Zealand and SKY Television are set to launch Comedy Central as the country's first 24-hour all-comedy network in April 2009. The channel will feature a variety of original and acquired programming, including South Park, …

LOS ANGELES, December 4: Showtime has picked up a third season of the Golden Globe-winning Californication, which will head into production next spring for 12 new episodes to premiere in late 2009. Series star and executive producer David Duchovny, who …

NEW YORK, December 4: Sumner Redstone and his daughter, Shari Redstone, have reached an agreement to sell a portion of National Amusement's 1,500 cinemas, rather than the entire division, in another effort to ease an existing debt. According to reports, …

LONDON, December 4: Sony Pictures Television International has promoted Damian Newton to senior VP of digital initiatives for the company's European distribution division. Newton, who joined the company last year and is based in SPTI's London office, heads a team …