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NEW YORK, March 10: HBO will partner with The Weinstein Company (TWC) and the BBC for The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, based on Alexander McCall Smith’s international bestselling book series. Grammy Award-winner Jill Scott (Tyler Perry’s Why Did I …

LOS ANGELES, March 10: Showtime has renewed the lesbian drama The L Word for a sixth and final season, with the last eight episodes airing early next year. The L Word follows a group of Los Angeles-based friends as they …

COPENHAGEN, March 7: Nordisk Film TV World has been named the official distributor of all of SVT’s formats, more than doubling the Scandinavian distributor’s format catalogue. For MIPTV, Nordisk will launch ten prime-time entertainment formats, five scripted and comedy formats …

BETHPAGE, March 7: Cablevision Systems will add several shows from Scripps-owned Food Network and HGTV to its free VOD service available to iO TV digital-cable customers. Subscribers to the service will be able to access shows like 30 Minute Meals …

SINGAPORE, March 7: ESPN STAR Sports has secured the broadcast rights in Asia for the American golf tournament, The Masters, from 2008 to 2010. ESPN STAR Sports has aired The Masters across Asia since 2003. This new deal will see …

TORONTO, March 7: The Telefilm Canada Content Creators Fellowship Program will launch at the 29th edition of the Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF), which takes place in Alberta from June 8 to 11. The deadline for entry submissions is April …

TORONTO, March 7: Hot Docs has announced the lineup of filmmakers, industry professionals and journalists who will be a part of this year’s festival jury to select the winning films in official competition. The jury will decide the winners in …

OXFORD, March 7: CITV has commissioned Novel Entertainment to produce an additional 52, 11-minute episodes of its hit animated series Horrid Henry, to broadcast on ITV1 and CITV in spring 2009. The new season of the 2-D animated series, produced …

BURBANK, March 7: Steven Piorkowski has been promoted to VP of corporate communications at Warner Bros. Entertainment. Piorkowski will work with the corporate communications team to craft overall messaging and positioning of the company for both internal and external audiences. …

NEW YORK, March 7: The Walt Disney Company will begin making its classic television series available on the Internet, according to remarks that the company’s president and CEO, Robert A. Iger, made to shareholders at an annual meeting yesterday. “In …