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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has inked new deals for its kid-hosted global adventure series Are We There Yet? World Adventure with broadcasters in Asia and the EMEA territories. The company’s recent slew of deals include …

SYDNEY, March 18: Beyond Distribution will distribute two new culinary-based series, Chef School and Fink, and will launch both docudramas on the international market at MIPTV. Produced by Red Apple Entertainment, Chef School follows a group of cooking students through …

NEW YORK, March 18: Online video company Heavy, Inc., has launched the Heavy Men’s Network, a premium male-focused online video network that includes its flagship site, Heavy.com, along with several other online destinations for men. The other web businesses within …

BRUSSELS, March 18: The European Commission has endorsed the Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) standard in a bid to accelerate the rollout of mobile TV services across the region. DVB-H has been added to the EU List of Standards as the …

LOS ANGELES, March 18: BabyFirst, a 24/7 commercial-free channel dedicated to babies and toddlers, will launch on Chunghwa, an IPTV provider in Taiwan. The feed, which will come from the TELSTAR 10 satellite, will be in both Mandarin and English. …

LONDON, March 18: Endemol UK has acquired a 40-percent stake in British digital production outfit Pure Grass Films. As part of this investment, Tim Hincks, Endemol UK’s chief executive, and Peter Cowley, Endemol UK’s managing director of digital media, have …

TORONTO, March 18: This year’s Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) will feature the debut of the Canwest Emerging Writers Program and the Canwest Showrunner Training Program, two initiatives aimed at enhancing, nurturing and encouraging writers and producers to grow the …

ALVISO, March 18: TiVo has launched its expanded Season Pass service, first announced during CES in January, that allows users to watch video content from the web directly on their television sets. Starting today, the TiVo set-top box is able …

STAMFORD, March 18: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has named George Barrios as its new chief financial officer, effective March 24. Barrios most recently served as the VP and treasurer of The New York Times Company. He replaces Frank Serpe, who …

TORONTO, March 18: Peace Arch Entertainment Group’s revenues for fiscal 2007 rose 191 percent on the year-ago period to C$61.8 million, a record for the company. During the period the Canadian-based company delivered 12 feature films, 43 episodes of TV …