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LOS ANGELES, September 21: Fox International Channels (FIC) will add two new channels—FX and FOX Crime—to its existing channel bouquet on TV Cabo in Portugal, with both scheduled to launch on September 26 as part of the Funtastic Life package. …

LONDON, September 21: ALL3MEDIA International has secured options and commissions throughout Europe for Lion Television’s hit format Your Wedding in their Hands (aka The Big Day). The one-hour format, where one couple gives total control of their wedding plans to …

LONDON, September 21: Sir David Attenborough will be involved in two new projects at the BBC’s Natural History Unit. The renowned documentary filmmaker will participate in Frozen Planet, a follow up to the hugely successful series Planet Earth. Frozen Planet, …

MIAMI, September 21: VeneMovies, a 24-hour pay-TV Spanish-language movie channel from Venevision International, celebrates a year of being on the air in the U.S. and Puerto Rico with expanded distribution through Comcast, Cablevision, Cox, OneLink Communications and Liberty. Venevision International, …

MUNICH/LONDON, September 21: TV-Loonland has secured the multi-territory distribution rights to the 3-D animated property Penelope, a 26×5-minute series from Japanese production company Nippon Animation. Under the deal, TV-Loonland will handle rights for TV, home video, VOD, broadband, IPTV and …

NEW YORK, September 21: National Geographic Digital Motion, the stock footage service of National Geographic Digital Media, has secured a range of new partnerships and acquisitions that have expanded its high-definition offerings by more than 170 hours. National Geographic Digital …

TORONTO, September 21: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has announced that Mara Di Pasquale and Lewin Webb have signed new agreements to retain their positions at the company as chief financial officer and president of production, respectively. Di Pasquale, who joined …

SINGAPORE, September 21: The Board of Directors of ESPN STAR Sports has appointed Manu Sawhney as the company’s managing director, effective immediately, succeeding Jamie Davis, who has resigned from the company. Davis, who joined ESPN STAR Sports in 2005, will …

LOS ANGELES, September 20: Production is underway in Toronto on Bridal Fever, an original romantic comedy film for the Hallmark Channel that is slated to air in 2008. Delta Burke (Boston Legal) and Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) have been tapped …

HILVERSUM, September 20: 2waytraffic International has inked multiple new deals for the U.K. series You Are What You Eat, including agreements with BBC America and BBC Lifestyle in Asia. BBC America has acquired the first three U.K. seasons of the …