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TORONTO/MONTREAL, July 29: Alchemy Television has brokered a deal that sees Canada’s CBC aligning with ABC in the U.S. for a half-hour, prime-time comedy pilot, 18 to Life, which centers on the life of teen newlyweds. The comedic sitcom looks …

SANTA MONICA, July 29: Japanese advertising giant Dentsu has launched a new U.S. division, DCI Los Angeles, to develop, co-produce and distribute original animated titles, kicking off with Deltora Quest, currently airing on TV Tokyo. DCI-LA is seeking out North …

SANTA MONICA, July 29: Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon's nighttime programming block that has garnered a following airing classic American sitcoms, has ordered a 20-episode original series from Michael Eisner’s Tornante Animation. Glenn Martin DDS is a stop-motion animated comedy, following …

MUMBAI, July 29: Announcing its first-quarter results today, India’s UTV Software Communications, partly owned by The Walt Disney Company, said it had set aside $75 million to expand its gaming business, including an investment in the mobile sector in the …

DUBLIN, July 29: Channel 6, the Irish entertainment network launched in 2006, is being acquired by terrestrial broadcaster TV3 for an undisclosed sum. TV3, owned by the private-equity firm Doughty Hanson, is taking full control of Channel 6 from its …

LONDON, July 29: Portman Film & Television, part of the Digital Rights Group, has completed a range of deals for the series Doc Martin, including a new Spanish version of the show. Spanish terrestrial broadcaster Antena 3 has picked up …

MOSCOW, July 29: Russian broadcasting group CTC Media has reported second-quarter consolidated revenues of $172.8 million, reflecting a 54.1-percent gain, posting a profit of $48.8 million, which was 59.1-percent higher than the year-ago period. For the first six months of …

NEW YORK, July 29: VOOM HD Networks has announced a second international carriage deal for RUSH, the 24-hour linear channel devoted to extreme sports. RUSH will launch on Germany’s cable operator Kabel BW on the newly released pay-TV package, adding …

HAMILTON, July 29: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is acquiring an 80-percent interest in two Bulgarian channels—one terrestrial, one cable—for about $172 million. The deal with Top Tone Media Holdings for TV2 and Ring TV expands CME’s Central and Eastern …

LOS ANGELES, July 29: Sí TV, the media company that targets U.S. Hispanics with English-language content, has secured a deal with Time Warner Cable and Verizon to make a selection of its HD programming available through their on-demand services. Time …