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NEW YORK, May 13: Sesame Workshop will begin production on a new, updated version of its classic ’70s kids’ literacy-focused series The Electric Company, for premiere throughout the U.S. on PBS KIDS in January 2009. Targeted at 6- to 9-year-olds, …

PARIS, May 15: Taffy Entertainment, in partnership with its Latin American agent Hola Entertainment, has sold the free-TV rights in Mexico for the animated series Growing Up Creepie and The Fantastic Four to Televisa. The 52×11-minute series Growing Up Creepie …

WASHINGTON D.C., May 13: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has commissioned a new four-part series from Darlow Smithson Productions, Engineering Connections. The series, hosted by British presenter and author Richard Hammond, will explore the historical innovations behind some of the …

MONTREAL, May 13: Distraction has completed sales on three of its formats—The Next Great Leader, Trade Up and DNA—in the German market. The Next Great Leader, a political reality format, was picked up by ZDF for a prime-time slot. The …

HILVERSUM, May 13: Endemol has picked up the multi-territory rights to produce 2waytraffic’s questionless game-show format, Ba Ba Boom. Under the agreement, Endemol has the right to produce the format in more than 20 territories, including the U.S., the U.K., …

LONDON, May 13: BKN has reached an agreement with Speed Racer Enterprises to handle all the licensing and merchandising in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Middle East for the new animated series Speed Racer: The Next Generation …

MIAMI, May 13: Ledafilms is at the L.A. Screenings this week offering Latin American buyers Lucasfilm Animation’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The property is slated to premiere as a theatrical feature on August 15, followed up by a TV …

NEW YORK, May 13: Scrubs, which ended its seventh season on NBC this month, and David E. Kelley’s take on the BBC drama Life on Mars, are among the new series on ABC’s 2008-2009 schedule, which is dominated by returning …

TORONTO, May 13: Incendo Media has renewed its long-term Canadian distribution deal with GRB Entertainment, which includes the rights to programs like VH1’s The Agency. The rights to GRB programming are exploited in Canada through Fox/ Incendo Television, Incendo’s television …

RESTON, May 13: According to a new report from digital research firm comScore, American Internet users viewed 11.5 billion online videos during March, a 13-percent gain on the figures in February and a 64-percent rise since the year-ago period. In …