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CULVER CITY, June 27: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has launched three pan-Latin American mobile content portals, distributing video clips, wallpapers, ringtones and mobile games inspired by its Animax, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and AXN networks. The content is distributed …

NEW YORK, June 27: Chris Noth is leaving Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which moved to USA Network from NBC last year, at the end of its current seventh season, and will be replaced by Jurassic Park star Jeff Goldblum. …

HYDERABAD/PARIS, June 27: The Indian animation house DQ Entertainment has announced a $100-million, five-year co-production partnership with the MoonScoop Group that will cover at least five TV series and two feature films. The European-Indian partnership will see a total of …

BUENOS AIRES, June 27: FOX is set to produce a pilot based on Dori Media Group’s hit international telenovela Lalola. Sony Pictures Television previously picked up the rights for the format in the U.S., and Kevin Falls, a producer of …

MANILA, June 26: The Philippines’ Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has served its first-ever temporary restraining order against a local cable operator for copyright infringement. According to the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), the order was served against …

NEW YORK, June 26: NBC has reached an undisclosed settlement with the family of a man who committed suicide after being confronted by camera crews for the Dateline strand To Catch a Predator. Last year, the family of Louis William …

LONDON, June 26: In order to ramp up its slate of product from independent producers, ITV Worldwide announced today that it has tripled its development and acquisition fund. Peter Iacono, the president and managing director of ITV Worldwide, made the …

MUNICH, June 26: Telepool signed a host of deals at DISCOP for its slate of event movies, series and documentaries, including a TV-movie package for Hungary and a doc bundle for Poland. Multiple seasons of the action series Alarm for …

PARIS, June 26: Advertising on French public broadcasting will begin to be removed starting in January 2009, President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced, with a complete ban by the end of 2011. "France needs a balance between public channels and private …

LONDON, June 26: NBDtv/DCD Media has inked sales on three documentaries produced by September Films and executive produced by creative director Sheldon Lazarus: Boys Joined at the Head, Stephen Wiltshire: The Human Camera and I Am the Elephant Man. The …