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LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, December 20: Oasis International has shored up a number of sales on its HD feature film Celine, an unauthorized biography of famed Canadian pop singer Celine Dion. Launched at MIPCOM in October, the feature-length movie has been sold …

LONDON, December 20: The U.K.’s Competition Commission has said that BSkyB should cut its stake in ITV from 17.9 percent to under 7.5 percent in order to alleviate the regulator’s concerns about the satellite platform having excessive influence over the …

HALLANDALE, December 20: Frecuencia Latina International has sold the JC Films series My Problem with Women to three new territories in Latin America, boosting the number of countries in which the show is aired in to more than 20. My …

MEXICO CITY/HIALEAH, December 20: TV Azteca and Telemundo Network Group have settled “multiple pending lawsuits” following a dispute that began in 2005. “Intellectual property is the cornerstone of the television business in any part of the world, and we see …

LOS ANGELES, December 20: BabyFirstTV will debut My Gym At Home, a children’s fitness series created for babies, toddlers and their parents, on January 5, 2008. Monique and her team of instructors host the series, which brings fun-filled exercises and …

LONDON, December 20: British regulator Ofcom has levied two fines, totaling £1.5 million, against Channel 4 for call-in irregularities on Richard and Judy and Deal or No Deal. The £1 million fine for Richard and Judy was levied for breaches …

HILVERSUM, December 20: Endemol’s Daniel Lew is stepping down as executive director of operations for Latin America, following the restructuring of the company’s activities in the region. Lew joined Endemol in 2001 as CEO and minority shareholder of Endemol Interactive …

NEW YORK, December 20: According to the results of a new TNS survey, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has caused no impact on the viewing habits of 74 percent of Americans, with only 22 percent of Americans watching …

PARIS, December 20: Reed MIDEM has selected another Asian market, Japan, to be the Country of Honor at MIPTV featuring MILIA, after celebrating India at MIPCOM in October. Japan Day is set for day one of MIPTV, which runs from …

TRENTON, December 20: A federal jury has ruled in favor of The Sopranos creator David Chase in a lawsuit brought by an aspiring writer who was seeking compensation for helping to craft an early draft of the pilot of the …