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MUNICH, October 22: Germany’s Tandem Communications continues its expansion into the Japanese market with deals on its mini-series and movies with Kadokawa Pictures and The Klockworx. Kadokawa Pictures has picked up the four-hour CBS mini-series Covert One: The Hades Factor, …

LOS ANGELES, October 22: Members of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have voted to go on strike if an agreement cannot be reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and …

LOS ANGELES, October 22: Rigel Entertainment is set to begin production on Metal Birding, a new teen motocross feature film starring High School Musical’s Corbin Bleu, this November in Vancouver. The action-filled coming-of-age story centers on 19-year-old Cale Bryant (Bleu), …

LONDON, October 22: The BBC dominated the nominees for the BAFTA Children’s Awards—set to be presented at a ceremony at the London Hilton on November 25—followed by Nickelodeon UK. The BBC’s CBeebies is up for Channel of the Year, alongside …

WOODLAND HILLS, October 22: Showcase Entertainment has announced plans to unveil four new factual programs featuring mentalist Uri Geller at this year’s AFM. Uri Geller: A Life Stranger than Fiction is a documentary on Geller’s life from his early childhood …

LOS ANGELES, October 22: MySpaceTV today launched Roommates, an original scripted web series produced in collaboration with new-media entertainment production company Iron Sink Media and sponsored by the 2008 Ford Focus. The first of 45 episodes went live on the …

NEW YORK, October 22: Hogfather, RHI Entertainment’s mini-series that delivered top ratings for Sky One in the U.K., will premiere in the U.S. on November 25 on ION Television. Based on the best-selling novel by Terry Pratchett, the four-hour holiday …

BURBANK, October 22: Disney Channel is tonight launching Pass the Plate, a series of short-form segments intended to promote healthy eating habits. Premiering during Hannah Montana tonight, segments of the series aim to inspire kids and tweens by focusing on …

MUNICH, October 22: SevenOne International has licensed The Successor to Canada and Australia, a few days ahead of the premiere of the American version of the show on NBC. Phenomenon, NBC’s adaptation of The Successor, launches October 24 with illusionists …

SAN JOSE/LONDON, October 22: The technology venture capital fund Pond Venture Partners has completed a series A investment round in TIOTI, a new TV programming portal. The recently launched site indexes TV content from across the web and currently contains …