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LONDON, April 24: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has renewed its distribution deal with British outfit Sally Head Productions, which was responsible for the BBC Four drama Fanny Hill. Under the three-year agreement, FME will continue to distribute Sally Head Productions’ projects …

MONTREAL/BUENOS AIRES, April 24: In an effort to boost its business in South America, Distraction has entered into an alliance with The Latin Flower Company, the new venture established by Silvana D’Angelo. D’Angelo, a former Telefe and Dori Media executive, …

TORONTO, April 24: Platt Productions and Shaftesbury Films have teamed up again to produce Booky’s Crush, the third TV movie in a series of specials for CBC, to air in February 2009. The two-hour program is based on a set …

TORONTO, April 24: The Canadian gay- and lesbian-targeted network OUTtv has licensed a slate of content to OUTTV Media in the Netherlands for what is being referred to as the first Dutch gay lifestyle television network. “We are very excited …

MUNICH, April 24: The new crime drama Innocent, represented worldwide by SevenOne International, has become the most successful German series premiere for ProSieben since 2005. Launched last night at 8:15 p.m., the series scored a 14.8-percent share among adults 14 …

TORONTO, April 24: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) presented its new web destination for stock-footage professionals, NFB IMAGES, to Hot Docs delegates and members of the Canadian filmmaking industry at an industry event yesterday, with the new site …

NEW YORK, April 23: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Board of Governors has voted to create a new category for the Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. According to the regulations, Outstanding Host …

LONDON, April 23: ITV is offering more than 260 hours of its programming for purchase or download through the iTunes Store in the U.K. iTunes customers can now choose from 260-plus hours of ITV content, including the series Lewis and …

KABUL, April 23: The Afghani privately owned network TOLO TV has teamed with the Afghan National Journalists Union to call on the international community to help project media freedom in the country, after authorities called for the ban of five …

MEXICO CITY, April 23: TV Azteca is presenting its new telenovela channel, Azteca Novelas, during CANITEC, which runs from today through April 25 in Mexico City. The new 24/7 channel will broadcast telenovela programming 365 days a year, including the …