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TORONTO, November 14: Breakthrough Entertainment has named Nat Abraham as its head of distribution to oversee daily operations such as worldwide sales, presales and co-production opportunities. Abraham, who most recently served as the head of Canadian sales and acquisitions at …

NEW YORK/ENGELWOOD, November 14: Eurocinema, a TV network dedicated to bringing European and other international theatrical and short films to North American audiences, is expanding its distribution through a new deal with DISH Network. Eurocinema made its debut on DISH …

COPENHAGEN, November 14: TV3 in Denmark has commissioned a third season of Nordisk Film TV World's hit drama 2900 Happiness, which also landed deals in Belgium and France. VTM in Belgium acquired the format rights to 2900 Happiness, and will …

CHANTILLY, November 14: TeleProductions International (TPI) will offer buyers at the upcoming Asia TV Forum its new one-hour HD special Why Dubai?, which takes a look at the thriving metropolis. Why Dubai? examines the city that is home to the …

LONDON, November 14: IMG Sports Media has sold the TV rights to the Rugby Football League's (RFL) Super League and Carnegie Challenge Cup competitions to Nine Network in Australia as part of a new three-year contract beginning in 2009. Nine …

NEW YORK, November 14: TV Land's prime-time programming block, TV Land PRIME, will feature three new original series in its 2009 lineup: How'd You Get So Rich?, First Love, Second Chance and Make My Day. Joan Rivers goes in search …

LONDON, November 14: The hit reality show The Biggest Loser is heading to ITV1's daytime lineup in a new daily stripped format, produced by Shine. Britain's Biggest Loser will air as a daily show, featuring overweight people who are challenged …

UNIVERSAL CITY, November 14: Despicable Me, Universal Pictures' first 3-D CGI comedy, will feature the voice talents of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews. Despicable Me marks Chris Meledandri's (Ice Age, Robots, Horton …

NEW YORK, November 14: Sammy Gang, who spent four decades in TV sales, including several years at Hearst Entertainment, has died. He was 89. Gang started his sales career in 1953 at National Telefilm Associates in Mexico, Cuba and Puerto …

HONG KONG, November 13: While ad revenues in the Asia Pacific are forecast to rise by 5.6 percent to $91.1 billion this year, the rate of growth will drop to 2.5 percent in 2009, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA), …