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LONDON, August 13: Online catch-up services like ITV.com’s broadband player and Demand Five had an incremental effect on British viewing figures in the first half of this year, according to a new report from Thinkbox. The marketing body owned by …

HONG KONG, August 13: Celestial Pictures has signed agreements with BCI, Media Blasters and Well Go USA for a total of 45 martial arts titles from the Shaw Brothers film library for release on home video across the U.S. and …

MONTEREY, August 13: Revenues at the U.S. cable networks were up 12.6 percent to $38 billion in 2007, according to a new report from SNL Kagan, with affiliate revenues expected to continue to drive growth in the market this year. …

NEW YORK, August 13: The Principal’s Office, an original behind-the-scenes series about what happens in a school’s administrator’s office, will premiere with two back-to-back episodes on truTV on August 21. The Principal’s Office gives an all-access look at the fear, …

HONG KONG, August 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the television, digital and mobile distribution rights in the Asia Pacific for Crimson Forest Film’s award-winning Chinese feature Slam. Set in Beijing, Slam is a coming-of-age story about three …

TORONTO, August 13: Cuppa Coffee’s stop-motion comedy Life’s a Zoo.tv will launch on TELETOON Canada’s The Detour block on September 1, with the SBS Australia premiere of the show set for later this year. The series is aimed at teenagers …

TORONTO, August 13: Corus Entertainment has prepped a range of programs to join the schedules of Treehouse, Discovery Kids Canada and YTV, including a new three-hour programming block that features a host of Nickelodeon shows. The new Nickelodeon Sundays block …

SYDNEY, August 13: ARD Germany has acquired the second season of Southern Star’s animated children’s program Sea Princesses, which is based on an original book series by Brazilian author Fabio Yabu. The series explores the kingdoms of the sea, which …

LONDON, August 13: To support its animated children’s properties Zorro: Generation Z and Dork Hunters from Outer Space, BKN International has appointed a range of licensing and merchandising representatives in Greece, Eastern Europe, Brazil, the Middle East and Chile, among …

NEW YORK, August 13: The fourth annual New York Television Festival (NYTVF) has unveiled the 36 selections for its independent pilot competition, along with the roster of media executives who will participate in the first-ever Industry Day panel series. The …