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LONDON, March 27: HIT Entertainment has opened Europe’s first Thomas Land attraction, based on its popular kids’ property Thomas & Friends, at Drayton Manor Theme Park in the U.K. Set within three acres of parkland, Thomas Land at Drayton Manor …

NEW YORK, March 27: ¡Sorpresa!, Juniper Content Corporation’s Hispanic children’s network, has acquired seven new programs for its second-quarter lineup, including Lola and Virginia, targeted at 6- to 11-year-olds, and the teen-skewing Erky Perky. Sorpresa!’s new lineup features animated series …

HILVERSUM, March 27: Endemol International has unveiled a diverse slate for this year’s MIPTV that spans formats, documentaries, factual-entertainment series, reality shows, dramas and digital content. The company has added five new factual-entertainment series to its roster for MIPTV, including …

LOS ANGELES, March 27: MarVista Entertainment will debut 22 new half-hour episodes of the live-action kids’ reality series Prank Patrol at MIPTV, following YTV’s decision to renew the show for a fourth season. Now totaling 100 episodes, Prank Patrol is …

LONDON, March 27: With the recent withdrawal of Toshiba’s HD DVD from the high-definition DVD format war, the Blu-ray format is expected to reach 29.4 million homes worldwide by the end of 2008, according to the Strategy Analytics Connected Home …

NEW YORK, March 27: AETN International will head to MIPTV with more than 380 new hours of non-fiction programming and an expanded catalogue of short-form content. In documentary specials, the company is offering Life After People, which debuted in the …

LONDON, March 27: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired a stake in Gogglebox Entertainment, a new British independent production company focused on entertainment formats for the U.K. market. The Hammersmith-based company was established by Mat Steiner and Adam Wood, …

BUENOS AIRES, March 27: Silvana D’Angelo’s new outfit, The Latin Flower Company, has formed a distribution alliance with Invento, the joint venture between Teleset and FremantleMedia. The novelas due to be covered under the agreement are still to be decided, …

MUMBAI, March 27: A new study from the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) has found that theft and piracy in India's entertainment industry are affecting the country’s economy, resulting in the loss of as many as 800,000 direct jobs and about …

MONTREAL, March 27: Interactive entertainment company Ludia has rolled out a new downloadable game based on the game show The Price Is Right. The Price Is Right downloadable game will be available for PCs for $19.99 on major downloadable game …