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TORONTO, January 21: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has received a C$2.65 million loan from CEO and co-chairman Jeff Sagansky and fellow co-chairman Drew Craig for “general corporate purposes.” Announcing the loan, Sagansky said: “While Peace Arch works to finalize its …

LOS ANGELES, January 21: The bilingual music/entertainment channel LATV Networks has acquired American Latino TV (ALTV), a syndication and production company for English-language content targeted to bicultural/bilingual U.S. Hispanics. The agreement grants LATV access to several broadcast syndicated properties, including …

BURBANK, January 21: NBC has signed on for an American version of Endemol’s Celebrity Circus format, which has already rolled out in Argentina on Telefe and in Portugal on TVI. The live competition series, to be produced by Endemol USA, …

ATLANTA, January 21: Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Latin America has inked a long-term distribution, advertising sales and trademark agreement with Fashion TV (FTV), a channel dedicated to fashion, beauty, design and lifestyle. As part of this deal, Turner Latin America …

World Screen Weekly, January 31, 2008 COUNTRIES: Available in 65-plus countries worldwide including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Korea, Iceland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey and across Latin America and the U.K. BabyTV’s 24-hour channel is now also available across …

LONDON, January 21: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has reached a multi-year representation deal for the music concert series Live From Abbey Road, which has been sold into 145 territories to date. Filming is now under way on the series’ second season. …

HILVERSUM, January 21: Endemol International has secured a number of international deals for three of its game show properties, including The Kids Are All Right. Set to premiere on BBC One in March, The Kids Are All Right has now …

LONDON, January 21: Just a week before NATPE begins, Cineflix International has announced a series of deals for its formats and factual series with buyers throughout Latin America. In Mexico, Canal 11 picked up the 26×30-minute series Birth Days. Each …

TORONTO, January 21: CCI Entertainment has committed to a seven-picture production slate with various global partners, kicking off with the family movie Iron Road, scheduled for release in early 2009. Iron Road marks the first co-production between Canada and China …

TORONTO, January 21: 9 Story Entertainment has made its first foray into direct-to-video (DTV) production, securing the rights to Canadian author Joan Clark’s children’s book The Hand of Robin Squires, which will be developed and produced into an animated feature. …