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MONTREAL, March 14: In advance of its launch on the international market at MIPTV, Distraction’s scripted comedy format All About Me has been renewed for a third season in Canada. All About Me is a comedy series that combines fiction …

SÃO PAULO, March 14: Record TV Network has announced the creation of Record Entertainment, a new division to create, develop and execute entertainment projects in a range of mediums. Record Entertainment will act in areas such as film, theater, new …

NEW YORK, March 14: Little Airplane Productions, the creator of popular preschool shows such as Nick Jr.’s The Wonder Pets!, Playhouse Disney’s Go, Baby! and NOGGIN’s Oobi!, has opened a new studio in London, its first base outside the U.S. …

LONDON, March 14: KidsCo, the children’s channel owned by NBC Universal, DIC Entertainment and Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises, is gearing up for a March 20 launch in the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore and Palau. The channel recently secured carriage deals …

TOKYO, March 14: New deals have been inked for Sanrio Digital’s The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends, produced together with Dream Cortex and distributed by Typhoon. The first episodes were broadcast in early February on TVB Jade in Hong …

SINGAPORE, March 14: ESPN STAR Sports is launching live telecasts of the Formula One Grand Prix 2008 season, beginning with the ING Australian Grand Prix this month. The channel will air all 18 races, culminating with the Brazil Grand Prix …

TORONTO, March 14: The Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) and nextMEDIA have confirmed Malcolm Wall, the CEO of the content division for Virgin Media, to deliver the keynote at this year’s Banff/nextMEDIA Crossover event, taking place June 8. Wall joined …

WILMINGTON, March 14: Barry Diller, the chief executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, took the witness stand in a Delaware court yesterday, defending his plan to break up the company. Diller is at odds with longtime business partner John Malone, the chairman of …

PARIS, March 14: Twenty-seven projects for interactive and multiplatform content have been chosen as finalists for the third international Content 360 festival competition, part of the 45th MIPTV featuring MILIA, which takes place in Cannes from April 7 to 11. …

BURBANK, March 14: Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's final book in the hit series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released in two parts. The first part of Harry Potter and the …