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TORONTO, May 2: The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has made an additional C$12 million in funding available for productions that are applying for funding during the 2008-2009 fiscal year. The amount will be split between English-, French- and Aboriginal- language …

NEW YORK, May 2: TV Land has taken on the new elimination dating series Untitled Cougar Project, from creator Mike Fleiss, which watches eligible young men compete for the attention of a mature older woman. The network will produce one-hour …

BURBANK, May 2: Stage 9 Digital Media, Disney-ABC Television Group’s recently launched new-media studio, has expanded the distribution of its debut series Squeegees, signing a host of web syndication partnerships with YouTube, Hulu, Zvue, eBaum’s World, X-Box Live and iTunes. …

LOS ANGELES, May 2: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has acquired Michael Galvin and Peter Speakman’s fantasy comedy spec script Executive VP David M. Murch’s Adventures in Zametherea for development and feature film production. Executive VP David M. Murch’s Adventures in Zametherea is …

LOS ANGELES, May 2: Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Harry Connick Jr. and Academy Award-winning actress Renee Zellweger have signed on for the new Lifetime original movie Living Proof, the true story of the UCLA doctor who developed the live-saving breast …

NEW YORK, May 2: Scholastic will roll out an eco-friendly children’s book publishing program in the U.S. and Canada for Planet Earth, the award-winning nature documentary series from the BBC, with all books to be printed on 30 percent recycled …

TORONTO, May 2: Shaftesbury Films’ live-action comedy series Life with Derek has been awarded the Shaw Rocket Prize, which honors the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program with C$50,000. Shaftesbury will divide the money between the Canadian Film …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS, May 2: In the run-up to DISCOP EAST, the second edition of the DISCOPRO networking and training program is set to take place in Budapest on June 17. This year’s DISCOPRO will focus on low-cost co-production opportunities that …

NEW YORK, May 2: Lightworks Producing Group (LPG) and KPI, its production unit, will launch a range of dramas and documentaries this spring on BBC One, History and Smithsonian Networks, with a launch on HGTV to follow. The two-hour special …

HOLLYWOOD, May 2: The Jim Henson Company and KCET are working together on Sid the Science Kid, a new preschool science series featuring exclusive digital puppetry animation, for debut this September on PBS KIDS. Sid the Science Kid, featuring 40 …