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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 …

NEW YORK, December 12: Following the success of the September launch of WorldScreenings.com, WSN INC., the leading publishing group for the international content industry, has bolstered its online offerings with TVLatinaScreenings.tv, a Spanish-language video portal. Like WorldScreenings.com—with more than 20,000 …

HONG KONG, December 12: Soumitra “Sunny” Saha, the current senior VP of regional advertising sales and marketing for Turner Entertainment Networks Asia (TENA), has been promoted to the role of senior VP and general manager of TENA. Saha takes over …