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LONDON, October 23: A new Continental Research study reports that 18 percent of Britons will lower the amount they spend on TV channels in the next year, and 6 percent have said they won’t sign up for additional services due …

HILVERSUM, October 23: Andy Griffiths, the former group director of legal and regulatory compliance at ITV, has been appointed head of legal for Endemol, effective in early 2009. Griffiths will oversee the group’s legal affairs, advising on all aspects of …

LONDON, October 22: CITVC, the commercial arm of China Central Television (CCTV), has struck a deal to represent sales for BBC Motion Gallery, the footage-licensing division of BBC Worldwide, to Chinese markets. BBC Motion Gallery’s archive content will be available …

TORONTO, October 22: Astral Media’s Family Channel in Canada has commissioned 13 half-hour episodes of Connor Undercover, a new tween comedy series that is being co-produced by Shaftesbury Films and Heroic Film Company. Currently in production, the series is scheduled …

LONDON, October 22: Entertainment Rights (ER) is distributing 13 brand-new episodes of the Transformers Animated series, bringing the total number of episodes currently available to 42. Deals for the new 13 episodes have been secured across the U.K., France, Italy …

LONDON, October 22: 2waytraffic International has clinched a deal with Shams Productions for an Afghani version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The veteran game show is now the first -ever light-entertainment format licensed into Afghanistan. A 52×1-hour series …

NEW YORK, October 22: USA Network has given the go-ahead for the pilot White Collar, lifting a cast contingency for the project, which stars Matthew Bomer and Tim DeKay, with Bronwen Hughes set to direct. From Fox Television Studios (FtvS), …

NEW YORK, October 22: Faith & Values Media, a nonprofit coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups dedicated to media production, distribution and promotion, has been renamed Odyssey Networks. With the name change, the organization is expanding beyond its TV …

SINGAPORE, October 22: NBC Universal’s Global Networks division is launching Universal Channel in Indonesia on the new DTH platform Okevision, owned by the P.T. Nusantara Vision, on November 18. As part of the launch offering, Hallmark Channel will also be …

UNIVERSAL CITY, October 22: NBC has picked up nine additional episodes of the freshman drama Knight Rider, giving the series, based on the iconic ’80s classic, a full-season order for 2008-09. Knight Rider premiered its new season on September 24, …