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LONDON, June 26: Tiger Aspect Productions has been commissioned by CBeebies in the U.K. and Playhouse Disney in the U.S. to produce the new animated series Tinga Tinga Tales, with Entertainment Rights managing the worldwide distribution rights for the brand …

MUNICH, June 26: SevenOne International’s family entertainment show Battleship, a celebrity-based adaptation of the classic board game, will premiere live in prime time on Show TV in Turkey this weekend. Battleship features celebrity contestants split into two teams, playing from …

DELHI, June 26: Turner is moving ahead with plans to set up a theatrical business in India, which will develop feature films targeted at kids and families. Jiggy George, the executive director of Cartoon Network Enterprises for South Asia, has …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, June 26: Disney.com reached record traffic levels with the online streaming of the new Disney Channel original movie Camp Rock, which attracted 863,000 video plays during the one-day event. The online streaming, which began at 5 p.m. on …

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 …