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LONDON, September 21: Sir David Attenborough will be involved in two new projects at the BBC’s Natural History Unit. The renowned documentary filmmaker will participate in Frozen Planet, a follow up to the hugely successful series Planet Earth. Frozen Planet, …

MIAMI, September 21: VeneMovies, a 24-hour pay-TV Spanish-language movie channel from Venevision International, celebrates a year of being on the air in the U.S. and Puerto Rico with expanded distribution through Comcast, Cablevision, Cox, OneLink Communications and Liberty. Venevision International, …

MUNICH/LONDON, September 21: TV-Loonland has secured the multi-territory distribution rights to the 3-D animated property Penelope, a 26×5-minute series from Japanese production company Nippon Animation. Under the deal, TV-Loonland will handle rights for TV, home video, VOD, broadband, IPTV and …

NEW YORK, September 21: National Geographic Digital Motion, the stock footage service of National Geographic Digital Media, has secured a range of new partnerships and acquisitions that have expanded its high-definition offerings by more than 170 hours. National Geographic Digital …

TORONTO, September 21: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has announced that Mara Di Pasquale and Lewin Webb have signed new agreements to retain their positions at the company as chief financial officer and president of production, respectively. Di Pasquale, who joined …

SINGAPORE, September 21: The Board of Directors of ESPN STAR Sports has appointed Manu Sawhney as the company’s managing director, effective immediately, succeeding Jamie Davis, who has resigned from the company. Davis, who joined ESPN STAR Sports in 2005, will …

NEW YORK, September 20: Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather has filed a $70-million lawsuit against CBS Corporation, CBS' former parent company Viacom, and top executives Leslie Moonves, Sumner Redstone and Andrew Heyward, claiming that the executives openly violated his …

PALISADES PARK, September 20: Alfred Haber Distribution has secured a range of pan-regional deals and sales for Spike TV’s two-hour television special Scream 2007, which honors the best horror, sci-fi and fantasy offerings from film, television and comic books. Significant …

LONDON, September 20: According to a new report released by British media regulatory authority Ofcom, almost 85 percent of U.K. homes now have digital television on their main set, with household takeup of digital television—via Freeview, digital satellite or cable …

VANCOUVER, September 20: Daro Film Distribution has picked up the worldwide distribution rights from Thunderbird Films to the Canadian television movie Menace, which will make its international debut at this year’s MIPCOM. The television movie, also known as To Serve …