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NEW YORK, September 28: SCI FI Channel has greenlit production on a third season of 13 hours of its original dramedy Eureka, and has also renewed its investigative reality series Destination Truth for a second season of six episodes. Production …

NEW YORK, September 28: MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, has reached an exclusive deal to make game broadcasts and highlight clips from the 2007 MLB postseason available on-demand via the Internet …

PARIS, September 28: Former Sex and the City cast member Kim Cattrall will be at MIPCOM to promote the new ITV drama My Boy Jack, joining a growing list of celebrities slated to appear in Cannes next month. The British-born …

HONG KONG, September 28: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Weinstein Company and Imagi Animation Studios have formed an alliance for the worldwide distribution of the feature films Gatchaman and AstroBoy. The new pact builds on the success of TMNT, Imagi's first …

CULVER CITY, September 28: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the international distribution rights from Distant Horizon to the feature-length FIFA-supported docu-drama More Than Just a Game. The docu-drama tells the little-known story of organized football played among prisoners …

TOKYO, September 28: Geneon Entertainment has reached an agreement with Universal Pictures Japan (UPJ) to distribute new titles from Universal on DVD, beginning with The Bourne Ultimatum in March 2008. Universal Pictures Japan will continue to distribute all Universal catalogue …

HILVERSUM, September 27: Peter Bazalgette is stepping down as the chief creative officer at Endemol and chairman of Endemol U.K. as part of a slate of management changes announced today, including the appointment of Marco Bassetti as COO. Bassetti joined …

LONDON, September 27: Distraction has added Trade Up, originally known as Paquet Voleur, the prime-time game show from Bubbles Television, to its slate of offerings for MIPCOM. Trade Up watches eight contestants face off against each other to win a …

NEW YORK, September 27: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer Aldar and the newly established Abu Dhabi Media Company have formed a long-term alliance that calls for the creation of a theme park and hotel, as well as …

NEW YORK, September 27: HBO has appointed four new VPs of international distribution and has upped Jennifer Bowen to senior VP of international distribution, reporting to Charles Schreger, the president of programming sales. Carol Eymery, Rose Marie Vega and Roberta …