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NEW YORK, September 10: SiCKO, Michael Moore’s exposé of the American health care system, has become the third highest-grossing documentary of all time, totaling $24.2 million domestically since its June 29 theatrical debut. The film moved into third place, taking …

PHILADELPHIA, September 10: The 24-hour multiplatform preschool channel PBS KIDS Sprout has signed a new carriage deal with Time Warner Cable, which already distributes the network’s VOD service. Time Warner Cable joins other PBS KIDS Sprout carriage partners such as …

BURBANK, September 10: In the wake of Mattel’s three recalls over lead-paint fears in the last two months, The Walt Disney Company will begin testing of its own toys, according to The New York Times. Disney is expected to inform …

LONDON, September 10: UKTV Gold bagged the multichannel British broadcast rights to the new season of ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars, beginning September 28 at 8 p.m. The 10-week competition series, now in its fifth season in the …

NEW YORK, September 10: Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga, a member of Mexico’s Grupo Televisa’s prominent Azcárraga family; and Carlos Barba, who helped establish both Telemundo and Univision, have teamed to launch a new U.S. Hispanic network, with initial rollout slated for …

LOS ANGELES, September 10: American Cinema International (ACI) is set to launch the 3-D CGI animated feature The Ten Commandments at this year’s AFM, following its U.S. theatrical release on October 19. ACI has acquired the international rights to the …

NEW YORK, September 10: The removal of RCTV from the terrestrial airwaves in Venezuela has not increased the ad revenues of other broadcasters in the market, according to a report released exclusively to World Screen Newsflash by the Cisneros Group …

NEW YORK, September 10: Spike TV has announced a two-year extension of its partnership with TNA Entertainment, keeping it as the exclusive cable television home of TNA (Totally Nonstop Action) Wrestling’s weekly athletic entertainment series, iMPACT!, which will expand to …

COLUMBIA/SANTA MONICA, September 10: Lionsgate has acquired the independent production and distribution company Mandate Pictures, whose credits include Stranger Than Fiction, starring Will Ferrell; the upcoming Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium with Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman; and Harold & Kumar …

STOCKHOLM, September 10: Modern Times Group is aligning with Strong Media Group (SMG)—the owner of Strong International, a leading provider of digital TV set-top box decoders—to launch the first digital premium DTH operator in Ukraine, under its Viasat brand. Viasat …