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PHILADELPHIA, October 9: Comcast Corporation wants to help U.S. consumers with the transition to digital this February, offering up a year’s worth of free basic cable to people who sign up for the company’s phone or Internet services. The offer …

LONDON, October 8: ALL3MEDIA International’s Chinese Food Made Easy, a cooking series produced by Lion Television for BBC Two, has been picked up by BBC’s Lifestyle channel for all its Asian feeds, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea. …

VANCOUVER, October 8: Studio B Productions and TELETOON in Canada are teaming up to develop the animated series High Drama High, created by Jillianne Reinseth and Jennifer Daley. Targeting 9- to 14-year-olds, High Drama High follows the lives of Jessica …

TORONTO, October 8: Fresh TV and Blueprint Entertainment have teamed up to co-produce In Maya’s Opinion, a new live-action series with animated elements for YTV in Canada. In Maya’s Opinion is a single-camera comedy targeted at 10- to 14-year-olds. The …

NEW YORK/MOUNTAIN VIEW, October 8: News Corporation has spent $200 million to take full control of the mobile entertainment subsidiary Jamba, acquiring VeriSign’s 49-percent stake in the venture. Last year, News Corp. acquired a controlling interest in Jamba and merged …

LONDON, October 8: Target Entertainment Group has unveiled more than 400 hours of new programming, spanning drama, factual, entertainment formats, comedy and kids. Target’s drama slate is led by ten new hour-long episodes of Taggart. The crime series is celebrating …

SAN BRUNO, October 8: YouTube is venturing into the eCommerce space, inking a deal that enables users to purchase music, games and other products featured in selected content on the site directly from iTunes and Amazon.com. The YouTube eCommerce Platform …

HARRINGTON PARK, October 8: Janson Media has acquired a number of new titles to add to its slate, including the hour-long Elvis Lives! The 25th Anniversary Concert and The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash. Also included in Janson’s catalogue is …

CONTACT _Con-3E30DE563F6 c s l LOS ANGELES, October 8: Jon Feltheimer, the co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 NATPE Market & Conference, set for January 26 to 29 at the Mandalay Bay Resort …

LONDON, October 8: Zodiak International’s hit reality format Peking Express, which follows eight couples on a cross-continent race, has been notching up strong performances around the world. The Spanish version of the show, which features contestants racing from Moscow to …