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SINGAPORE, June 4: The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network—both operated by AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN)—will debut exclusively on StarHub’s cable TV platform in Singapore on June 15 at 7 p.m. The History Channel will be offered on …

LONDON, June 4: Granada International has acquired Half Broken Things, a brand-new drama produced by Festival Film & TV, for international distribution. This tense 2-hour film commissioned by ITV, stars Penelope Wilton (Five Days, Doctor Who, Falling). It’s about a …

BOSTON/VANCOUVER, June 4: WGBH Boston has teamed up with Canadian animation company Studio B Productions Inc., to develop and co-produce a new animated series for public television that is based on the award-winning Martha Speaks children’s book series by Susan …

NEW YORK, June 4: TV Land has secured the exclusive off-network rights to the hit ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Through its deal with Disney-ABC Domestic Television, TV Land gains access to prior seasons of the series, and Extreme …

VANCOUVER, June 4: Nerd Corps Entertainment’s first original series, the 3-D animated Storm Hawks, premieres today on Cartoon Network in the U.S. The premiere follows a successful Friday night sneak peek of a one-hour special episode. New episodes of the …

LONDON, June 4: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced a series of appointments and promotions within its ancillary rights business across Asia Pacific. Malti Peplow has been appointed to the newly created position of director of sponsorship and interactive in Asia, …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, June 4: Blueprint Entertainment has named Jesse Ikeman to the newly created position of VP of business development and co-production. In his new position, based in Toronto, Ikeman will be responsible for the packaging, development and financing of …

HILVERSUM, June 4: Endemol Netherlands has revealed that its one-off Dutch reality program the Big Donor Show was a staged stunt that was meant to raise awareness of the crisis surrounding organ donation in the Netherlands. The truth behind the …

NEW YORK, June 4: Hearst-Argyle Television, one of the largest operators of TV and radio stations in the U.S., has entered into a revenue-sharing deal with Google’s YouTube to distribute and monetize some of its television content. A number of …

BOSTON, June 1: The Bancroft Family has said that it will meet with News Corporation to discuss the $5-billion bid for Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. The Bancrofts, which control 64 percent of Dow Jones’ …