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LONDON, September 28: ALL3MEDIA International has boosted its catalogue of third-party formats by acquiring the eco-tainment challenge show Wa$ted!, and the BBC canine and celebrity challenge program The Underdog Show. Created by the British independent production company Splash Media, The …

BARCELONA, September 28: Icon Animation has secured a raft of new international broadcast deals for its hit girl-skewing animated property Lola & Virginia. In Finland, commercial broadcaster MTV3 has picked up the series, a deal that follows the sale of …

LOS ANGELES, September 28: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), on behalf of the major Hollywood movie studios, has filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles federal court against Cinematube.net and Ssupload.com, which the organization claims facilitate copyright infringement on …

LOS ANGELES, September 28: MarVista Entertainment has acquired the international distribution rights to the teen movie Taking 5 (outside of the U.K.) and the Christmas classic The Secret of the Nutcracker (outside of Canada) for launch at MIPCOM. Taking 5 …

NEW YORK, September 28: CBS has launched EyeLab, an editing studio dedicated to creating promotional content to be distributed across CBS Interactive platforms. The new short-form video content will be produced by fans, online content editors and producers of CBS …

LONDON, September 28: Pilot Productions will be unveiling the new 6×30-minute series Metropolis, focusing on urban architecture and design, at MIPCOM. Hosted by an architectural historian, Metropolis reveals the architectural influence, nature and foundation of some of the most recognizable …

BURBANK, September 28: The Walt Disney Company is closing down its branded cell-phone service for kids at the end of this year and is looking instead to develop a partnership with “a major U.S. carrier.” The mobile virtual network (MVNO) …

NORWALK, September 28: CABLEready has picked up the exclusive multiplatform U.S. and international distribution rights from The New York Times for its signature TimesTalks interview series. CABLEready plans to offer up 34 one-hour episodes of the series, filmed in 2006 …

BURBANK, September 28: In the hotly contested Wednesday 9 p.m. slot, Bionic Woman won the night in the coveted 18-49 demographic against ABC’s Private Practice, CBS’s Criminal Minds and FOX’s Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. Bionic Woman followed by Life at 10 …

LONDON, September 28: BBC Worldwide’s Digital Delivery team, the recently launched online unit of the BBC’s commercial arm, has announced a series of new appointments. The new team, formed in May as a central resource for all of BBC Worldwide’s …