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MUNICH, April 2: Ken Follett’s 1989 international bestseller The Pillars of the Earth has been optioned by Tandem Communications, which is developing a limited-run series in conjunction with Ridley Scott’s and Tony Scott’s production company, Scott Free Inc. “Ken Follett’s …

LONDON, April 2: Internet television platform Babelgum has launched a Wedding TV-branded channel, featuring more than 70 hours of programming from the female-targeted lifestyle network. The lineup for the branded channel will include factual content like Wags World, a series …

NEW YORK, April 2: Nickelodeon in the U.S. finished first across all kids demos in the first quarter of 2008, ranking number one among kids 2 to 11, kids 6 to 11 and tweens 9 to 14. According to Nielsen …

SILVER SPRING, April 2: Discovery Communications has named Caleb Weinstein as the senior VP of the newly formed Discovery Enterprises International group. Weinstein reports to Sahar Elhabashi, the COO of Discovery Networks International, and will oversee the new team with …

LONDON, April 2: Virgin Media Television’s entertainment channel Virgin1 has picked up two hit British series from BBC Worldwide: Hustle and Room 101. The deal covers 12 one-hour episodes (seasons one and two) of Hustle and 25 episodes (seasons two, …

HILVERSUM, April 2: Endemol International has finalized a new round of deals for its stable of entertainment formats, including pickups for the game-show format 1 vs. 100 by RTL in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF in Switzerland. The new …

COPENHAGEN, April 2: 25/7 Productions in the U.S. has secured the rights to the reality format 71 Degrees North from Scandinavian distributor Nordisk Film TV World. The deal was brokered by William Morris. 25/7 Productions is headed up by Dave …

BURBANK/EMERYVILLE, April 2: Disney-ABC Television Group has inked a deal to offer Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney series and movies to MobiTV service subscribers. Now available through a dedicated channel on MobiTV’s wireless television subscription service, Disney Channel on MobiTV …

NEW YORK, April 2: MTV Networks (MTVN) has streamed more than 57 million mobile videos across all its brands and carriers between February 2007-2008, representing a 94-percent gain on the prior year. For mobile video, MTV recorded 17 million mobile …

NEW YORK, April 2: NBC Universal and Liberty Mutual today announced a cross-platform marketing and programming partnership that includes two TV movies to be broadcast in the 2008-09 season. The movies are part of a broader Liberty Mutual marketing campaign …