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LOS ANGELES, October 16: CBS Mobile has teamed up with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) to launch an interactive game for The Price is Right that gives at-home players the chance to call in, guess the price of prizes and enter sweepstakes. …

CANNES, October 16: The new six-part documentary thriller series Extinctions is the first four-way co-production between Singapore, France, Canada and Brazil, and is set for distribution across TV, VOD and mobile, among other platforms. Extinctions will be co-produced by France …

MAINZ, October 16: Kids’ fare such as Jonathan M. Shiff’s The Elephant Princess, as well as event TV movies like The Miracle of Berlin from teamworx and UFA’s Ship of No Return, were among the best-selling titles for ZDF Enterprises …

LOS ANGELES, October 16: Mark Burnett Productions and Fox Television Studios are co-producing a new reality game show, Rouletter, which features an innovative spin on the traditional casino game, substituting letters for numbers. The show features a patent-pending design for …

STRASBOURG, October 16: According to data from the European Audiovisual Observatory, there are more than 6,500 TV channels available in the European Union and the candidate countries of Croatia and Turkey. The data comes from the Observatory’s MAVISE database, which …

STOCKHOLM, October 16: Modern Times Group has wrapped up its acquisition of Bulgarian broadcast group Nova Televizia after receiving clearance from local regulatory authorities. MTG will now assume full operational control of the business, and will consolidate the results in …

NEW YORK, October 16: As the February 2009 digital transition in the U.S. rapidly approaches, The Nielsen Company has revealed that some 9.6 million homes are not ready for the switch. Those 9-plus million homes would be unable to receive …

LONDON/NEW YORK, October 16: Jeff Dunn, the CEO of HIT Entertainment, has announced several changes within the company’s senior team to achieve his strategic priorities of enhanced geographic focus and a coordinated brand-management strategy. Peter Byrne will be focused on …

CANNES, October 16: Designer People, a 13-part series from Australia’s DemonAngel that looks at the world’s leading designers, will make its U.S. premiere on Ovation TV this November. Hosted by Lee Lin Chin, each half-hour episode is a self-contained profile …

NEW YORK, October 16: A number of new VOD and mobile agreements are in place for AETN International across Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Southeast Asia, including an expansion of its deal with MSN into new Asian markets. In Korea, …