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MONTREAL, June 20: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will feature seven animated shorts on YouTube’s new channel The Screening Room. The NFB shorts launch on The Screening Room today with Oscar-winner The Danish Poet by Torill Kove. The …

NEW YORK, June 20: Showtime is collaborating with former Friends star Matthew Perry and Peter Tolan, the co-creator and executive producer of the FX drama Rescue Me, on a new dark comedy, The End of Steve. According to published reports, …

NEW YORK, June 20: CBS News is marketing an international version of the 40-year-old newsmagazine 60 Minutes, according to Reuters, combining two pieces from the U.S. edition with a segment done by a local crew. 60 Minutes already airs in …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, June 20: DIC Entertainment Holdings has entered into a merger deal with Toronto-based Cookie Jar Entertainment, in a transaction valued at $87.6 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Cookie Jar will pay approximately $31.5 million for all …

NEW YORK, June 20: Following its recent acquisition of Sundance Channel, Rainbow Media has appointed a new senior management team for Sundance and IFC, with Evan Shapiro as the president of both networks. Shapiro has served as the executive VP …

KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS, June 20: A new survey by Euroconsult, commissioned by MEASAT Satellite Systems, found that 75 percent of pay-TV operators in the Asia Pacific plan on launching a high-definition offering this year. The survey polled a total of 25 …

LONDON, June 20: BBC Worldwide sales and distribution has appointed Claudia Danser as the head of formats licensing for EMEA, effective in July. Reporting to Tim Mutimer, BBC Worldwide sales and distribution’s senior VP of EMEA, Danser will be responsible …

NASHVILLE, June 20: Documentary Channel will air the U.S. debut of Saving the American Wild Horse, a documentary short directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker James Kleinert, in its Primetime Premieres programming block on Monday, July 7, at 9 p.m. Produced …

MONTREAL, June 20: Distraction has secured new sales for its game-show format DNA in Scandinavia as well as the U.S. Nordisk has picked up the format for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, while Zodiak took on DNA for Finland. Distraction also …

BUENOS AIRES, June 20: Dori Media Distribution has secured a raft of international sales for the telenovelas Lalola, Patito Feo and Rebelde Way. Lalola, which was nominated for 16 Martin Fierro Awards in Argentina and has been licensed into more …