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STOCKHOLM, March 3: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has inked an agreement to add TVNorge to its DTH satellite platform and for TV3 to be made available on the Canal Digital satellite platform. Viasat will include TVNorge in its …

MAINZ, March 3: ZDF Enterprises announced that actor Karl Markovics, who stars in the Oscar-winning film The Counterfeiters, will play the lead role in the UFA production Ship of No Return—The Final Voyage of the Gustloff. In Ship of No …

LONDON, March 3: Galleon Holdings has signed an exclusive co-production agreement with China’s Guangdong TV Sports Channel and the U.K.’s Chelsea Football Club for Super Soccer Star, a new multiplatform reality soccer talent program. The 13×30-minute show is currently going …

BRISTOL, March 3: Tigress Productions has been commissioned by Five to produce a new event series, Jaguar Adventure with Nigel Marven, set to air later this year. Jaguar Adventure with Nigel Marven follows the presenter and naturalist in search of …

SINGAPORE, March 3: Effective May 14, Man Shu Sum will resign from his post as the director of the Singapore Film Commission (SFC) and the director of strategic relations at the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), to begin his …

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3: VIZ Media’s Blue Dragon will debut in the U.S. on Cartoon Network this spring. The series is based on a videogame for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, and …

DHAKA/NEW YORK, March 3: Sesame Workshop announced that Sisimpur, the Bangladeshi adaptation of Sesame Street, is now airing on Channel i in the Middle East, the U.K. and North America. Targeted at 3- to 6-year-old Bangladeshi children, the series features …

HARRINGTON PARK, March 3: Janson Media will roll out a diverse range of titles at MIPTV, including the follow up to its pilot series Silk Road Adventure, titled GlobeRiders. Also on offer is Travel with Kids, a 26×30-minute series that …

MUMBAI, March 3: Taj Television’s Ten Sports channel has acquired the rights to several golf and motor programs, including the live telecast of the Johnnie Walker Classic, the European Tour’s golf tournament of Asia Pacific, currently underway at the DLF …

NEW YORK, March 3: According to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report, private-equity buyers were very active in the entertainment and media space last year, investing nearly $45 billion, up from $19.4 billion in 2006. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual report, 2008 M&A …