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BERLIN, May 31: Action Image, a subsidiary of Action Concept Film, and German broadcaster ProSieben have begun production on the television pilot Fast Track: No Limits, the first English-language action drama shot in Germany. Produced by Action Image and ProSieben, …

LONDON, May 31: Zonemedia has reached a deal to provide content to the new Internet TV platform Joost, beginning with an array of programming from its Extreme Sports Channel. The Extreme Sports Channel content on Joost will include Kelly Slater …

NEW YORK, May 31: Big Tent Entertainment has secured a deal with Nicktoons Network for Planet Groove featuring The Star Girls, a new animated music video series based on the original music from the Australian pop group The Star Girls. …

LONDON, May 31: Heading into this year’s DISCOP, 3DD Entertainment has finalized a number of deals with key Central and Eastern European broadcasters for several of its music and documentary titles. On the music front, the Czech Republic’s Ceska Television …

LONDON, May 31: DLT Entertainment has acquired the U.K. format rights to Miss Ability, a beauty pageant that originally aired in the Netherlands focusing on women with physical disabilities. The original Dutch version of Miss Ability broadcast in the Netherlands …

LOS ANGELES, May 31: Fox Sports International (FSI) has promoted three executives, including Frank Uddo, who is now VP of programming and acquisitions for Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Español and Fox Sports Latin America. Uddo will continue to …

LONDON, May 31: A new report by independent market analyst Datamonitor predicts that the number of mobile broadcast TV subscribers will grow from 4.4 million today to an estimated 155.6 million by the end of 2012—a compound annual growth rate …

MOSCOW, May 31: Russian president Vladimir Putin has lashed out at local broadcasters, criticizing them for importing “cheap” TV shows instead of focusing on “wholesome” home-grown entertainment. According to a Reuters report, citing the RIA news agency, Putin made the …

NEW YORK, May 31: Nickelodeon has teamed with Marriot International and the real estate firm Miller Global Properties to launch 20 new branded resorts around the world, beginning in San Diego in 2010. The Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott line is …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, May 31: Lionsgate has reported fiscal 2007 revenues of $976.7 million, up from last year’s $945.4 million, while profit more than quadrupled from $6.1 million to $27.5 million. "We are pleased that our entire diversified portfolio of businesses …