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LONDON, July 20: ITV has followed the BBC’s lead in suspending any further commissions from RDF Media until the investigation into the botched trailer for a documentary about the Queen has been completed. Earlier this week, the BBC said it …

SINGAPORE, July 20: Singapore Telecommunications has launched mio TV, a new pay-TV service featuring 24 linear channels, including new offerings from VOOM and the BBC, and video on demand content such as a host of feature films from Sony Pictures …

LONDON, July 19: In a five-year multiplatform deal, Entertainment Rights has licensed the new preschool CGI-animated series Finley The Fire Engine to the BBC for broadcast across linear television networks, online and digital radio, beginning July 23. Produced by RHI …

TORONTO, July 19: CBC International Sales has secured a range of broadcast deals for Requiem for a Princess, a documentary that is based on the book Lady Died by Francis Gillery and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the death of …

LONDON, July 19: Cineflix International has sold 75 hours of in-house and co-produced factual programming to broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand. Cineflix has sold all three seasons of the series Zero Hour to Australia’s Network Ten. This marks the …

LONDON, July 19: Virgin Media Television-owned channel LIVING has commissioned Ginger Productions to produce a new clip-based show with the working title Who Do You Want To Solve Your Murder? The new show will air over two nights on LIVING …

NEW YORK, July 19: The U.S.-based Asian American network ImaginAsian TV has added three new Japanese animated series from Geneon Entertainment to its Tuesday evening animation block: Paradise Kiss, Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales and Kamichu. The three new series, premiering …

MADRID, July 19: BabyTV, a television channel for infants and toddlers under 3, is now available via the cable company ONO in Spain, starting today. BabyTV’s educational programming is now available in both English and Spanish to all of ONO’s …

BERN, July 19: swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) has launched its own channel on the popular video sharing website YouTube in order to more fully meet its mandate to inform Swiss people abroad about news at home, and to raise awareness …

LOS ANGELES, July 19: A new initiative to bring American-style success to the Icelandic television drama series industry has been announced by the media consultancy company MediaXchange. The conference, titled “Outside ‘The Box’”, will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from …