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LOS ANGELES, April 17: Just a few weeks since its launch, Showtime’s The Tudors has been renewed for a second season, as has This American Life. Showtime has ordered a further 10 episodes of the critically acclaimed The Tudors, which …

CANNES, April 17: Leading interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts is working with Endemol for Virtual Me, a new digital entertainment concept—intended to bridge the divide between traditional TV and video games—that gives users a new way to participate with …

CANNES, April 17: TF1 will debut this fall a French version of Beauty & The Geek, a format from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that first aired in the U.S. on The CW. Production will begin immediately on eight episodes …

NASHVILLE, April 17: On Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, the Documentary Channel (DOC) in the U.S. is launching a new EarthView programming block. The new destination, devoted to eco-friendly documentaries, will air every Sunday night at 7 p.m. through …

LONDON, April 17: Power has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to two long-running U.S. daytime dramas: Guiding Light and As The World Turns. Both serials, which were originally created by the celebrated soap writer Irna Phillips, have together attracted …

CANNES, April 17: Buena Vista International Television has closed free-to-air terrestrial deals in more than 80 markets on its CGI preschool series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, following its success on Playhouse Disney and Disney Channels worldwide. “We’re delighted to introduce a …

CANNES, April 17: In addition to its big new drama launches for MIPTV, led by Love You to Death, FremantleMedia Enterprises has a significant factual slate in Cannes this week, bolstered by a deal with British filmmakers Atlantic Productions for …

BERLIN, April 17: Action Image, a subsidiary of Action Concept Film, and the German broadcaster ProSieben have begun pre-production in Berlin on the pilot of an English-language urban street-racing drama series with the working title Fast Track: No Limits. The …

CANNES, April 16: At a press conference in Cannes today, The International Academy of Arts & Sciences announced that TF1 chief Patrick Le Lay will receive this year’s International Emmy Directorate Award, and that the 2008 International Academy Day will …

SANTA BARBARA/TORONTO/LONDON, April 16: Santa Barbara-based Foothill Entertainment has reached a co-development deal with Toronto’s Kaleidoscope Entertainment and the U.K.’s Phew!! Ltd. for the environmental-themed CGI animated series Snapper. Created by Phew founders Guy Hallifax, Ian Ellery and Mick Wells, …