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NEW YORK/DULLES, April 8: ESPN is making short-form online video content from ESPN.com accessible through AOL Video and AOL Sports, marking the first time the network has offered its video content through an Internet portal. ESPN will show highlights from …

NEW YORK/LONDON, April 8: HIT Entertainment has inked a deal for a CGI version of its classic series Angelina Ballerina with co-production partners Thirteen/WNET New York and Nick Jr. UK. The new series, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, will be …

NEW YORK, April 8: A deal inked by The Weinstein Company (TWC) to move the hit reality series Project Runway from Bravo to Lifetime has raised the ire of Bravo’s parent company, NBC Universal, which is taking legal action to …

VANCOUVER, April 8: Nerd Corps Entertainment is set to launch its next original property, The League of Super Evil, a YTV commission targeting 6- to 11-year-olds. Canada’s YTV is the commissioning broadcaster for the 26×30-minute series, which will be aired …

MUNICH, April 8: Turner Broadcasting System International has acquired 8.5 percent of the German pay-TV platform Premiere Star from Premiere AG. With its investment, Turner becomes the third-largest shareholder of Premiere Star, after Premiere AG and HVB Capital Partners. Premiere …

MUNICH/CANNES, April 8: Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominee Tim Roth and actress Neve Campbell have joined Sebastian Koch in the principal cast of The Sea Wolf, Tele München Group’s $19-million two-part mini-series for ZDF and RHI. Roth (Planet of the …

CANNES, April 8: As MIPTV opened in Cannes yesterday, Elisabeth Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of the Shine Group, delivered a keynote entitled “Creativity Without Borders.” “Creativity is at the heart of our business,” Murdoch stated. “Creativity is our very …

PHILADELPHIA, April 8: PBS KIDS Sprout is preparing to launch a new afternoon block, titled The Sprout Sharing Show, featuring viewer-submitted content. Launching on May 5, the block will take the time slot of The Let’s Go Show, which is …

LUXEMBOURG/HAMBURG, April 8: RTL Group has announced it will begin investing again in key sports marketing rights, reestablishing its UFA Sports division. UFA Sports is headquartered in Hamburg and will mainly be active in the international marketing of media rights …

CANNES/MUNICH, April 8: Bavaria Media Television has sold three 90-minute episodes of its crime series Aspe to German pubcaster ZDF. Based on the bestselling crime novels by Belgian author Pieter Aspe, Aspe centers on investigator Pieter van In and his …