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SYDNEY, October 23: ABC TV and Southern Star Entertainment have begun production on a third season of the 26-part teen drama series Blue Water High, shot on location on the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia. Blue Water High follows six …

PARIS, October 23: Marathon Media has secured international sales for its animated properties Monster Buster Club, Famous Five On The Case and Totally Spies. The 52×26-minute Monster Buster Club, which makes its world premiere on October 29 on TF1 in …

LONDON, October 22: The BBC dominated the nominees for the BAFTA Children’s Awards—set to be presented at a ceremony at the London Hilton on November 25—followed by Nickelodeon UK. The BBC’s CBeebies is up for Channel of the Year, alongside …

WOODLAND HILLS, October 22: Showcase Entertainment has announced plans to unveil four new factual programs featuring mentalist Uri Geller at this year’s AFM. Uri Geller: A Life Stranger than Fiction is a documentary on Geller’s life from his early childhood …

LOS ANGELES, October 22: MySpaceTV today launched Roommates, an original scripted web series produced in collaboration with new-media entertainment production company Iron Sink Media and sponsored by the 2008 Ford Focus. The first of 45 episodes went live on the …

NEW YORK, October 22: Hogfather, RHI Entertainment’s mini-series that delivered top ratings for Sky One in the U.K., will premiere in the U.S. on November 25 on ION Television. Based on the best-selling novel by Terry Pratchett, the four-hour holiday …

BURBANK, October 22: Disney Channel is tonight launching Pass the Plate, a series of short-form segments intended to promote healthy eating habits. Premiering during Hannah Montana tonight, segments of the series aim to inspire kids and tweens by focusing on …

MUNICH, October 22: SevenOne International has licensed The Successor to Canada and Australia, a few days ahead of the premiere of the American version of the show on NBC. Phenomenon, NBC’s adaptation of The Successor, launches October 24 with illusionists …

SAN JOSE/LONDON, October 22: The technology venture capital fund Pond Venture Partners has completed a series A investment round in TIOTI, a new TV programming portal. The recently launched site indexes TV content from across the web and currently contains …

NEW YORK, October 22: USA Network’s hit mini-series The Starter Wife is returning to the NBC Universal-owned cable channel as a full series, with Debra Messing again filling the title role. Messing will also executive produce the show, which will …