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LOS ANGELES, October 19: MarVista Entertainment has granted the Japanese free-TV and home-entertainment rights for the teen drama Beyond the Break to Japanese distributor Twin Co. Twin Co. will license the rights to the 17 one-hour episode series within Japan, …

LONDON, October 19: Independent British drama producer Carnival Films has been commissioned by ITV1 to produce Midnight Man, a 3×1-hour conspiracy thriller mini-series starring James Nesbitt. Written by David Kane (Sea of Souls), Midnight Man tells a story of a …

TORONTO, October 19: marblemedia and Blueprint Entertainment have partnered to produce 13 half-hour episodes of the animated series The Dating Guy, scheduled to air in late 2008 as part of The Detour on TELETOON, the Canadian animation station’s teen/adult programming …

JOHANNESBURG/NEW YORK, October 18: In a move to support the South African government's mother tongue-based education policy, Takalani Sesame, which recently launched its fourth season on SABC in August, will soon be on air in almost all of South Africa’s …

LONDON, October 18: Granada International will roll out its catalogue of feature films, now digitally restored in high definition, along with dramas and classic Hollywood TV movies, at the AFM. Feature films that are now available in high definition include …

COLUMBIA, October 18: Retirement Living TV, the first network created for people aged 55 and over, has reached licensing agreements for three original television series with Ananey Communication’s Health Channel in Israel. The deals include The Daily Apple, a magazine …

LONDON, October 18: 2waytraffic International has teamed up with the games and betting company Ladbrokes for the exclusive launch of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? branded online bingo. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Bingo will be featured as …

SINGAPORE, October 18: Singapore’s Theatre Red has announced that production, investment and broadcast partners from Singapore, Canada and Australia have come on board for its new kids’ sci-fi live-action series Stormworld. Along with Theatre Red, Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures will co-produce …

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18: Michael Hoff Productions (MHP) has announced that it will produce Chain Gang Girls for WE tv and Climate Quiz with Bill Nye for The Weather Channel, for broadcast in the first quarter of 2008 and the …

TORONTO, October 18: Oxtapixx Worldwide has named Lazarus Consulting as its new sales representative in the U.K. and Ireland. Steve Lazarus will assume a new role on behalf of Octapixx. On this, J. Gary Gladman, Octapixx’s president commented: “We are …