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UNIVERSAL CITY, September 19: NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios have signed actress Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Evan Almighty) to an exclusive one-year talent and development deal. Graham is represented by ICM and manager John Carrabino, who will also serve …

NEW YORK, September 19: The Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group of sites, which includes Nick.com, Nicktropolis.com, and Neopets, among others, served up more than 750 million game plays in August, a 43-percent increase over the same month a year ago. …

LONDON/SEOUL, September 18: The History Channel has signed agreements with Gretech and Hanaro Telecom for the roll out of two new video-on-demand services in Korea. Both agreements were reached in association with JoongAng Broadcasting Corp. (JBC), which programs and operates …

BOSTON/ARLINGTON, September 18: WGBH International and PBS have teamed up to unite their respective international television syndication and distribution activities into a single distribution service. This partnership will broaden the library of programs and films available to international broadcasters and …

RIO DE JANEIRO, September 18: BBC Worldwide Americas has licensed more than a 100 hours of drama and natural history programming to Hallmark Latin America and U.S. Hispanic network Galavision. Hallmark Latin America has acquired a package of BBC Worldwide’s …

ATLANTA, September 18: Cartoon Network has completed production on Ben 10: Race Against Time, a live-action TV movie based on its hit animated property that will air in November. Alex Winter (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure) is the director for …

LONDON, September 18: Distraction is set to launch The Next Great Leader, a reality game show format from CBC, at MIPCOM. The Next Great Leader is a political debate competition format where young men and women share their ideas for …

SANTA MONICA, September 18: Speed Racer Enterprises has signed four new licenses for the classic Speed Racer animated television series for a range of apparel, books, posters and calendars, in addition to two licenses for Speed Racer: The Next Generation, …

NEW YORK, September 18: VOOM HD Networks has acquired three new programs for premiere on its kids- and family-targeted channels Family Room HD and Animania HD: RenegadePress.com, Animal Atlas, and Katakune. The 28×30-minute RenegadePress.com, acquired from FilmOption International, premiered on …

MOSCOW, September 18: Russia’s Central Partnership has bagged its first deal in the U.K. with the sale of three movies to Dolphin Television’s Movies4Men Channels. Titles include Shadowboxing, one of Russia’s biggest box-office grossing films of 2005; Moscow Mission, an …