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LONDON, May 31: CAV Warner Entertainment Co., a joint venture between Warner Home Video and China Audio & Video Publishing House, has struck a home entertainment deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) to launch Impossible Pictures’ 6×1-hour series Prehistoric Park on …

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 …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, May 30: The new video joint venture from NBC Universal and News Corporation has lined up a slate of new content partners, including Oxygen and Sundance Channel. Also joining the soon-to-be-launched service are FUEL TV, SPEED and …

NEW YORK, May 30: CBS Corporation has acquired Last.fm, a music-based online social networking platform with more than 15 million active users in 200-plus countries, for $280 million in cash. Founded in 2002, Last.fm creates communities by bringing together listeners, …

TORONTO, May 30: U.S. network acquisitions like NBC’s Chuck and The CW’s Reaper headline CHUM Television’s 2007-2008 schedule alongside Canadian highlights like The Bridge. Also premiering on CHUM stations this fall are the ABC Family sci-fi thriller Kyle XY, Russell …