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NEW YORK, September 30: Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura will host the pilot episode of a new series from A. Smith & Co. Productions, set to air on truTV, that explores mysteries behind modern-day conspiracy theories. Ventura, a former professional wrestler …

LONDON, September 30: Warner Bros. today announced plans to release select titles to video-on-demand platforms in Korea two weeks prior to their DVD rollout, given the Asian nation’s sophisticated digital infrastructure. "Korea is the ideal market for us to expand …

BOSTON, September 30: APT Worldwide has secured the international representation rights to Great Projects Film Company’s documentary The Trial of Saddam Hussein. The film provides a comprehensive look at the trial of Iraq’s dictator through interviews with trial participants, dramatic …

BURBANK, September 30: The return of Desperate Housewives on Sunday won its time slot on ABC, beating out NBC Sunday Night Football and the return of Cold Case on CBS with 18.4 million viewers. Although down on the fourth season …

LONDON, September 30: Outright Distribution has secured a raft of deals with TVN, Polsat, Canal Plus and BBC Worldwide in Poland for more than a dozen properties. TVN has landed seasons one through four of It’s Me or the Dog, …

LOS ANGELES, September 30: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has rejected the Screen Actors Guild’s request to resume negotiations, citing the union’s refusal to budge on certain “threshold” issues. The request to resume negotiations was made …

BURBANK, September 29: Starz Media will bring its largest ever slate, which will include animated horror, romantic comedy, documentaries and children’s animation, to MIPCOM. Programming includes the sci-fi horror feature film Dead Space: Downfall, which follows the crew of a …

LONDON, September 30: By March 2009, ITV plc will have eliminated about 1,000 positions, it was revealed today, as the commercial broadcasting group works to lower costs. ITV’s cost-cutting initiative was first announced in September 2007 as the ITV Turnaround …

SEOUL, September 30: Animation producer and distributor Iconix Entertainment has sold its new preschool property Chiro to Five’s Milkshake! in the U.K. for a November launch. The series premiered on Seoul terrestrial public broadcaster Educational Broadcasting System. Five has commissioned …

MILAN, September 29: FASTWEB in Italy has signed a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television to launch a number of series, including Lost and Criminal Minds, on its on-demand service. This is Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s first agreement to make a TV series available …