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NEW YORK, January 4: Food Network has inked a three-year deal for Alton Brown to produce new seasons of Good Eats and Iron Chef America, as well as assorted specials. Additionally, Brown will produce a new season of the limited …

NEW YORK, January 4: 4Kids Entertainment’s new animated series Dinosaur King has been picked up by broadcasters across Europe, including Jetix. In addition to Jetix, which will air the series in the U.K., Scandinavia and Spain, the series has been …

MEXICO CITY, January 4: Televisa Internacional, previously known as Televisa Estudios, is heading to NATPE with a range of programs, including digital and HDTV offerings, formats and co-productions, among others. In the drama category, Televisa is offering up SOS—Sex and …

BOSTON, January 4: APT Worldwide has made broadcast deals on its high-definition nature series Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe with channels in Hong Kong and Switzerland. TVB licensed the free-TV rights for Hong Kong, while SF took the …

BRUSSELS, January 4: The European Commission is encouraging content owners, telcos and Internet service providers to work together to enhance the availability of audiovisual offerings online, while at the same time protecting intellectual property rights. The Commission wants European Union …

LONDON, January 3: According to research released by FremantleMedia, broadcasters saw marked improvement in both the volume and success rate of game-show formats last year, led by the global hit Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, but variety and …

LOS ANGELES, January 3: The Golden Globe Awards, taking place January 13, may be missing some star power with the Writers Guild of America set to picket the event after refusing to grant a waiver to the show’s producers last …

LOS GATOS/ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, January 3: The online movie rental service Netflix is teaming with LG Electronics to develop a set-top box that will allow consumers to stream movies and other programming from the Internet to high-definition television (HDTV) sets. The …

LONDON, January 3: NBC Universal is said to be in talks with ITV for a British version of Law & Order, to be produced by Kudos Film & Television, the company behind the hits Spooks and Life on Mars. According …

STUDIO CITY, January 3: Crown Media Holdings, the parent company of the Hallmark Channel in the U.S., has reached an agreement with the National Interfaith Cable Coalition (NICC) to settle outstanding claims relating to NICC’s equity interest in Crown Media …