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LONDON, June 12: The number of digital TV homes in the Asia-Pacific region will soar from 75 million in 2007 to 246.3 million in 2013, with more than half in China alone, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms …

LONDON, June 12: Zodiak-owned Bullseye TV’s director of production, Delroy Dixon, has been appointed as its deputy managing director, overseeing the company’s expanding slate of content. More than 180 half hours of factual-entertainment programs are currently in production. For the …

SANTA MONICA, June 12: Speed Racer Enterprises has appointed four agencies to represent both Speed Racer: The Next Generation and the classic Speed Racer series for licensing and merchandising across the world. Speed Racer Enterprises has tapped G Squared Promotion …

TOKYO, June 12: RTL2 has acquired 48 half-hour episodes of Toei Animation’s Digimon Data Squad and 64 half hours of Dragonball GT. Digimon Data Squad is the fifth season of Toei’s hit animated series Digimon. The franchise currently airs in …

LOS ANGELES, June 12: Scott Sternberg Productions has signed an exclusive development deal with New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week bestselling author and financial guru Robert Shemin. Scott Sternberg Productions will develop unscripted formats based on Shemin’s …

HARRINGTON PARK, June 12: Janson Media will release the three-hour documentary series Secret World of Wellness to television, VOD, DVD/video and new-media markets in the U.S., Canada, China and India. The series is also available exclusively through Janson Media to …

NEW YORK, June 12: Mirage Studios and 4Kids Entertainment are gearing up for the 25th anniversary of the animated kids’ property, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) in 2009 with the launch of a new teaser website this summer. The TMNT25 …

BRISTOL, June 12: Tigress Productions has completed filming on a new high-definition natural-history documentary for BBC Two and U.S. broadcaster WNET that follows the personal story of a mountain gorilla called Titus. Commissioned by Tim Martin at the BBC and …

NEW YORK, June 12: Lightworks Program Distribution incorporating Sandra Carter Global is set to introduce a range of new entertainment, biography and documentary programming to buyers at this year’s DISCOP. Among the entertainment series offered at the market are Out …

LONDON, June 12: DIRECTV is set to launch a four-hour block of BabyTV, the 24/7 network for infants and toddlers under 3, for subscribers in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Central America. Deals are already in place in …