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LOS ANGELES, December 12: Hearst Magazines Digital Media has agreed to supply a range of original female-skewing video programming from its magazine brands to the new Internet TV service NEXT.TV. Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst Corporation, is one of …

SYDNEY, December 12: Australia’s Beyond Distribution has sold two additional seasons of the money-themed series Maxed Out to Comcast Entertainment Group’s The Style Network in the U.S. The series, produced by RTR Media, features a money coach who gives tell-it-like-it-is …

SILVER SPRING, December 12: Planet Green, the new 24/7 eco-lifestyle network from Discovery Communications that is set to launch in 2008, has begun production on the original prime-time series Wa$ted! Hosted by Annabelle Gurwitch, who has served as host for …

LOS ANGELES, December 12: MarVista Entertainment has inked its first deal with Brazil’s Globo, which has acquired the prime-time drama series Beyond the Break for the Globosat channel Multishow. The 17-hour series was created by Michael D. Jacobs and Brookwell …

LONDON, December 12: Cake Entertainment has secured a slot for its animated comedy Skunk Fu! with Disney Channel Latin America, after inking a host of deals in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Skunk Fu!, created by Aidan Harte, …

LONDON, December 12: Granada International is heading to NATPE with a raft of new titles covering genres like comedy, entertainment, music and drama, led by the British TV movie My Boy Jack, which stars Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall. In …

MIAMI, December 12: APA International Film is heading to NATPE with the animated kids’ property Mafalda, based on a popular Argentine comic strip, as well as the new series Historias de Trenes. Mafalda originated in 1962 in the Buenos Aires …

LONDON, December 12: Optomen International has closed deals for seven of its programs across eight European territories, including sales on its popular Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares series. In Poland, the BBC has picked up the first three seasons of the BAFTA-nominated …

BEIJING, December 12: Chinese authorities have reportedly ceased granting permission for Hollywood films to be shown in theaters on the mainland. No ban has actually been announced, but there have been numerous reports of Hollywood features not being cleared for …

NEW YORK, December 12: Pokémon USA has announced that its president, Akira Chiba, will resign at the end of this year, to be replaced by Kenji Okubo, currently the executive VP and head of Pokémon USA’s Seattle office. Chiba joined …