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TAIPEI, December 14: Taiwanese children’s network YOYO TV has secured a two-year agreement with BabyTV to roll out a commercial-free programming block aimed at preschoolers, YOYO BabyTV, beginning Monday, December 17. YOYO BabyTV will broadcast as a half-hour block from …

SINGAPORE, December 14: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), the global broadcast and production partner for International Cricket Council (ICC) programming, has issued a call for participation in the tender process for the television broadcast rights to ICC events from 2008 to …

SAN FRANCISCO, December 14: Smithsonian Channel is set to air Hidden Armor, Found Treasures, a new three-part series dedicated to examining antique arms, armor and other treasures, throughout December and January. The three half-hour shows will be hosted by Greg …

SAN FRANCISCO, December 14: VIZ Media’s new animated football-themed series Eyeshield 21 will launch on December 17 on Toonami Jetstream, the broadband streaming site the company developed in conjunction with Cartoon Network. Eyeshield 21 was adapted from the popular manga …

LONDON, December 14: Zeal Entertainment has announced ten new production deals for the Singing Bee format, including agreements in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia Pacific. European broadcasters that have signed up for adaptations of the format include …

LONDON, December 13: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has inked a first-look deal with the new British production company TXTV. TXTV is a venture created by producers Jeremy Gwilt, Matt Arlidge and writer Chris Lang. Gwilt, the company’s managing director, has produced …

NEW YORK, December 13: Spike TV and GameTrailers.com, both divisions of Viacom’s MTVN Entertainment Group, have announced plans to launch the new high-definition gaming series GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley. This marks the first time that an MTVN Entertainment Group …

TORONTO, December 13: Sullivan Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights for two Canadian feature films, What Could Have Been and The Ark, from Vancouver-based Centurion Pictures. Both films were written by Jeff Richards, with the stories by Shea Wageman, …

KUWAIT, December 13: Kuwait-based Teshkeel Media Group has partnered with Cartoon Network to publish Arabic- and English-language versions of Cartoon Network Magazine for distribution in the Middle East and North Africa. Under the terms of the agreement, Teshkeel will publish …

HOLLYWOOD, December 13: HBO led the pack of nominees for the 65th annual Golden Globes with 18 nods, while FX Networks’ freshman drama Damages and the HBO/Granada/Channel 4 co-production Longford scored four nominations each and the feature film Atonement received …