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LOS ANGELES, September 20: Production is underway in Toronto on Bridal Fever, an original romantic comedy film for the Hallmark Channel that is slated to air in 2008. Delta Burke (Boston Legal) and Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) have been tapped …

HILVERSUM, September 20: 2waytraffic International has inked multiple new deals for the U.K. series You Are What You Eat, including agreements with BBC America and BBC Lifestyle in Asia. BBC America has acquired the first three U.K. seasons of the …

NEW YORK, September 20: Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather has filed a $70-million lawsuit against CBS Corporation, CBS' former parent company Viacom, and top executives Leslie Moonves, Sumner Redstone and Andrew Heyward, claiming that the executives openly violated his …

PALISADES PARK, September 20: Alfred Haber Distribution has secured a range of pan-regional deals and sales for Spike TV’s two-hour television special Scream 2007, which honors the best horror, sci-fi and fantasy offerings from film, television and comic books. Significant …

LONDON, September 20: According to a new report released by British media regulatory authority Ofcom, almost 85 percent of U.K. homes now have digital television on their main set, with household takeup of digital television—via Freeview, digital satellite or cable …

VANCOUVER, September 20: Daro Film Distribution has picked up the worldwide distribution rights from Thunderbird Films to the Canadian television movie Menace, which will make its international debut at this year’s MIPCOM. The television movie, also known as To Serve …

BURBANK/DULLES, September 20: Disney-ABC Television Group has reached a deal with AOL to make full-length episodes of ABC prime-time shows available for free the day after their linear broadcast, via a co-branded version of ABC.com’s broadband player on AOL Video. …

NORTH SYDNEY, September 20: Endemol Southern Star has appointed Rory Callaghan to the position of managing director, following the decision by Kris Noble, the current managing director, to step down from a full-time role. Callaghan will assume overall responsibility for …

BURBANK, September 20: NBC.com has launched a new service, "NBC Direct," which will allow users to download and view its popular prime-time and late-night programming on their desktops for up to one week after broadcast. The first version of this …

NEW YORK, September 20: MTV has launched Think.MTV.com in beta today, a new online community dedicated to stimulating youth activism. The online community was founded with the help of financial support and expertise from the Case Foundation, Bill & Melinda …