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UNIVERSAL CITY/SINGAPORE, March 23: In a new multiple-year agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, ANYTIME has secured the subscription VOD rights and the Internet distribution rights in multiple territories across Asia Pacific to NBC Universal feature films, in addition …

BETHPAGE, March 23: Cablevision Systems Corp. has added Discovery HD Theater and National Geographic HD to its growing list of high-definition channels available to digital cable customers across the company's entire service area, at no additional cost. With the addition …

NEW YORK, March 23: SCI FI Channel will premiere the U.S. version of the Derren Brown Project, inspired by the hit British entertainment series, this July. The still-untitled series, consisting of six one-hour episodes, will be executive produced by Andrew …

LONDON, March 23: Following its successful debut at MIPCOM last year, the U.K. Indies pavilion will be present at this year’s MIPTV in April, with 28 independent producers from the U.K. already scheduled to participate. Of the 28 producers, 16 …

LONDON, March 23: British independent production company Impossible Pictures has been commissioned by the Discovery Channel to produce Natural Wonders, a new six-part science documentary series, for delivery this summer. Currently in production, the series uses spectacular special effects and …

LOS ANGELES, March 23: In a deal with international sales agent Fortissimo Films, here! Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to the South Korean feature Huhwaehaji Anah (No Regret) for theatrical release in the summer of 2008. here! …

NEW YORK, March 23: MTV Tr3s has launched MTV Tr3s Mobile, the first cross-carrier, bilingual mobile channel targeted at Latino youth. MTV Tr3s Mobile is music-focused and features the same artists that also appear on the TV channel’s playlist, including …

LONDON, March 23: In its first deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), Zonemedia’s Zone Reality has acquired the rights to the ABC News Primetime 6×1-hour human documentary series Medical Mysteries for broadcast in the U.K. Medical Mysteries examines rare …

MIAMI, March 22: Venevision International has launched Venemobile, a new business unit focused on providing Spanish-language wireless entertainment. Venevision will provide content for the wireless phone market worldwide, in particular the U.S. Hispanic market, including TV and film clips, photographs …

LONDON, March 22: Cineflix International has licensed three of its in-house productions for broadcast into Europe and the U.S., including its first-ever deal with Germany’s Super RTL for the science series ExperiMental. The 20×30-minute ExperiMental has also been licensed to …