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SYDNEY, August 27: ITV3 has picked up the complete catalogue of 19 TV movies and the recently filmed U.S. TV movie of the crime franchise Wire In The Blood from distributor Southern Star International. The acquisition comes on the heels …

MONTREAL, August 27: Cineflix Productions has announced more than 50 new hours of original productions for broadcasters in the U.K., Canada and the U.S. Returning series green-lit for production include a second season of the 10×1-hour docudrama True CSI, for …

STOCKHOLM, August 27: Silverback, formerly Talpa Scandinavia, has received a commission for its new musical talent format West End Star from TV3 in Sweden, which plans to air the series this fall. The format, spanning nine episodes, will be produced …

BURBANK, August 27: Nickelodeon has tapped veteran production and development executive Tracy Katsky as its new senior VP of development and original programming. In this newly created position, Katsky will oversee all of Nickelodeon’s ongoing live-action and animated program development …

BRUSSELS, August 27: CDC United Network, which specializes in distributing content to the Latin American market, has named Erik Jensen as its new managing director, succeeding Sebastian Lami Dozo. After nine years with the company, Sebastian Dozo will be leaving …

LONDON/NEW YORK, August 27: Press reports indicate that NBC Universal is close to clinching a deal to acquire Sparrowhawk Media, which operates the Hallmark Channels outside of the U.S., for about $350 million. Sparrowhawk is owned by private equity firms …

NEW YORK, August 24: The Nielsen Company has estimated that the total number of television households within the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) will increase by 1.3 percent to reach 112.8 million by January 1, 2008, with much of the …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: New Mexico’s attorney general has reopened an investigation into CBS’s new reality show Kid Nation over allegations that the series violated child-labor laws. The series was shot in New Mexico, where 40 kids between the ages …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: A comedy writer has filed suit against The Walt Disney Company, maintaining that he came up with the premise for the Disney Channel tween hit Hannah Montana. The AP reports that Buddy Sheffield, whose writing credits …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: Ahead of the September 17 launch of FOX’s new fall season lineup, the network is offering the entire premiere episode of K-Ville, plus 17 minutes of season three of Prison Break, online across 200 Internet portals …