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LONDON, December 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed a deal with Acorn Media Group to bring Fanny Hill to DVD in North America. Based on John Cleland’s controversial 18th century novel, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, and …

LONDON, December 11: Granada International (GI) has secured the worldwide distribution rights, excluding the U.S., for VH1’s upcoming factual entertainment series Old Skool with Terry and Gita. The 5×30-minute series, created and produced by award-winning producers Bunim/Murray, was commissioned by …

MELBOURNE/LOS ANGELES, December 11: The high-definition CGI-animated fantasy-adventure children’s series Animalia, produced by Australia’s Animalia Productions in association with PorchLight Entertainment, will premiere in the U.S. on PBS KIDS GO! in January 2008. PBS KIDS GO! has made a 40-episode …

MEXICO CITY, December 11: Televisa International, previously known as Televisa Estudios, is bringing six new telenovelas to NATPE, as well as a wide variety of other content. Among the six novela titles is the 130×1-hour tentatively-titled I Will Forever Love …

SAN DIEGO, December 10: Lifestyle and entertainment network WealthTV has reached an agreement with Verizon FiOS TV to make its high-definition programming available on-demand in several new markets. WealthTV will begin its HD VOD rollout in the metro areas of …

LOS ANGELES, December 10: Lifetime Networks has named Stephen Bulka as its VP of original movies, effective immediately. Bulka will report to Tanya Lopez, Lifetime Networks’ senior VP of original movies. Based in Los Angeles, Bulka will be responsible for …

RIO DE JANEIRO, December 10: Globo TV International has named Marcelo Mattar as the new international sales manager for Western Europe. In his new role, Mattar will oversee strategic management for the region, including content negotiations for all platforms of …

WASHINGTON D.C./NEW YORK, December 10: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, has appointed Aura Kenny Dunn as assistant VP for government affairs. Dunn will manage Sesame Workshop’s government relations efforts and advance the organization’s visibility in federal policy …

GUTERSLOH, December 10: According to a report in today’s Financial Times, Bertelsmann is looking at selling off part of its Direct Group division, which includes its book and music club businesses. Direct Group Bertelsmann comprises the worldwide book and music …

LOS ANGELES, December 10: Negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) broke down on Friday, as the strike enters its fifth week. The AMPTP said that it was “puzzled …