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LONDON, January 23: Celador International, recently acquired by 2waytraffic, has closed new deals on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, including one that will take the game show to China for the first time. China Media Power will produce the …

NEW YORK, January 23: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, an official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is slated to air on HBO on February 22, exploring the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. Filmmaker Rory Kennedy (HBO’s Indian …

TORONTO, January 23: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has settled its October 2001 lawsuit against VH1, MTV and Viacom over the financing of the series Big Sound. Big Sound, a 22-episode half-hour comedy series, aired on Global for one season. It …

BURBANK, January 23: NBC launched a range of interactive digital applications for its breakout hit Heroes yesterday, with exclusive and original content made available on several platforms. The launch of a “TV 360” treatment for Heroes, sponsored in part by …

Bennett Productions will produce the upcoming HD sports and music series Honda Ski Tour for ABC in the U.S. The Honda Ski Tour is an Alpine event tour held in various locales throughout the U.S. such as Sun Valley, Idaho; …

ENGLEWOOD, January 23: Starz Media has licensed more than 250 of its movie and video titles to Vongo, Starz Entertainment’s broadband video download platform, for VOD rental and electronic sell-through. The multiyear content licensing and distribution agreement with Vongo includes …

LONDON, January 23: MTV Networks International and retailer The Body Shop have teamed up for the launch of Spray to Change Attitudes, a multimedia HIV and AIDS prevention campaign spanning 44 countries and reaching millions of under-25 year olds. In …

LONDON, January 23: In advance of the launch of their broadband portal joiningthedots.tv in February, MercuryMedia and Aggregator have licensed 50 films from a wide variety of international factual producers and distributors. Titles were licensed from distributors such as Roco …

NEW YORK, January 23: Rainbow Media-owned VOOM HD Networks’ Equator HD has inked a deal with Media International Corporation (MICO) for more than 20 hours of high-definition television content from Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Equator HD has acquired seasons three …

ATLANTA, January 23: Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s late-night adult-skewing block, will launch two original live action-series on February 11. Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job is a 15-minute sketch show starring the comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. …