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VANCOUVER, February 12: Production has begun in Vancouver for The Quality of Life—A Dominic Da Vinci Movie, a two-hour TV movie based on the Canadian drama series Da Vinci’s City Hall that is expected to premiere in Canada on CBC …

LONDON, February 12: Living in the U.K. today broadcast The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith, a special licensed from Buena Vista International Television that first aired on ABC in the U.S. on Friday night. The hour-long show aired …

MALIBU, February 12: JAKKS Pacific and Disney Consumer Products have developed a new line of fashion dolls and role play items for two of Disney’s tween girl properties: Hannah Montana and The Cheetah Girls. The new Hannah Montana toys recreate …

SACRAMENTO, February 12: Digital Music Group, Inc. (DMGI), which specializes in the digital distribution of independently owned music, television, film and video catalogs, has announced a revenue-sharing content agreement with YouTube. The deal makes parts of DMGI's video catalog available …

PALO ALTO, February 12: A range of content from Starz Media will be made available for online download from Azureus’ digital media platform Zudeo. Azureus uses the BitTorrent technology to facilitate the rapid download of large files. In December, the …

MIAMI, February 12: Todobebe is teaming with NBC Universal Television Distribution to distribute DVDs based on its Spanish-language show on pregnancy and parenting. Todobebe originally launched in 2003 and is currently broadcast in the U.S. on Telemundo on Saturday mornings. …

MILAN, February 12: Rai Trade has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Caravaggio, a feature film on the life of the Italian artist, for theatrical release and for TV rollout as a two-part mini-series. Rai Trade has already begun pre-sales …

LOS ANGELES, February 12: The News Corporation-owned social networking site MySpace.com has launched a pilot program intended to prevent unauthorized copyrighted content from being posted to the site. The news comes amid increasing criticism of Google-owned YouTube, which has been …

STOCKHOLM, February 12: YLE’s TV2 has commissioned a second season of the Strix TV format My Best Friend, which has already been optioned into eight territories around the world and licensed to Spain. My Best Friend is a TV format …

NEW YORK, February 12: Several major media companies, including News Corporation, Sony Corporation, NBC Universal, Time Warner and The Walt Disney Company, have accused Google of directing traffic to sites that offer illegal film downloads, the Wall Street Journal reported …