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TORONTO, May 28: Weekly Reader Publishing Group and CCI Entertainment have announced an agreement to jointly develop and produce a range of educational content for the consumer market. The exclusive development and production agreement is aimed at introducing a lineup …

LOS ANGELES, May 28: Azteca América has entered into an alliance with Fuerza Informativa Azteca (FIA) to boost its news output, including the creation of a state-of-the-art HD studio at its parent headquarters in Mexico City. The alliance creates a …

BURBANK, May 28: Starz Media’s Starz Productions is working on a new comedy film, Table for Three, which features a cast of young Hollywood actors, to be released in theaters later this year, followed by a DVD release by Anchor …

LONDON, May 28: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has taken on a blue-chip wildlife special from Content Mint, which won the development prize, judged at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), that NGTI co-sponsored with ABC Australia. ABC TV Documentaries …

LOS ANGELES, May 28: The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on a new three-year contract, with the producers’ negotiations with the larger …

COPENHAGEN, May 28: Nordisk Film TV World will attend DISCOP with a range of new formats, including the sing-along quiz show Doobidoo. Also on offer from Nordisk are Melody Challenge, which searches for a nation’s best song; 71 Degrees North, …

LOS ANGELES, May 28: World Screen Newsflash speaks to the BBC’s George McGhee and ProSiebenSat.1’s Rüdiger Böss about the new American dramas and comedies presented at the L.A. Screenings. George McGhee, the controller of program acquisitions at the BBC, says …

NEW YORK, May 28: MTV Networks Music Group and NBC Sports have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the AST (Action Sports Tour), a global, youth-focused, multimedia, action-sports business. The ASP franchise includes the AST Dew Tour, the AST …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, May 28: ABC, CBS and NBC have teamed for a new initiative, Stand Up To Cancer, which aims to raise money for cancer research through a one-hour commercial-free prime-time fundraising special that will be telecast simultaneously on …

HAMILTON, May 27: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has acquired 100 percent of Jyxo, an information technology provider and operator of the leading blog site in the Czech Republic. The move elevates CME to the number three position in the …