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NORWALK, November 21: CABLEready has sold several series and specials to six broadcasters in the U.K. ITV acquired eight ep isodes of the urban legend investigation series Mostly True Stories, as well as the one-hour special Firefighters. History Channel U.K. …

REYKJAVIK, November 21: Magnús Scheving, the founder and creator of LazyTown, has received the EDDA Honor Award (Iceland’s equivalent to the Emmy Awards) by the Icelandic film and television Academy. LazyTown, the chidlren’s series that promotes exercise and healthy living …

LONDON, November 21: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), has appointed Nathalie Delin to the newly created position of licensing director, France. In this role, Delin will be responsible for all ancillary rights including brand licensing, online and interactive, music publishing, participation TV, …

NEW YORK, November 21: the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 34th International Emmy Awards at a star-studded gala at the New York Hilton, hosted by award-winning comedian and talk-show host Graham Norton. U.K. …

NEW YORK, November 21: Following growing public outcry and resistance from TV affiliates and advertisers, News Corp. has abandoned its plans to broadcast If I Did It, a two part interview with O.J. Simpson that had been scheduled to air …

LONDON, November 21: ITV has turned down a merger bid from NTL, which was made before BSkyB acquired a 17.9-percent stake in ITV last Friday, according to reports. The ITV board said it rejected the cash and share merger proposal …

LONDON, November 20: In a surprise move, BSkyB has acquired a 17.9-percent stake in ITV for £940 million, thus becoming the broadcaster's biggest shareholder, according to Media Guardian. BSkyB’s purchase of 696 million shares of ITV at 135p a share …

NEW YORK, November 20: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has given producer-director Steven Spielberg its Founders Award for his "long and distinguished career in television,” and named Ronald S. Lauder, former U.S. ambassador to Austria, recipient of …

LONDON, November 20: Ofcom has announced a total ban in Britain on junk food advertising around all children's programming, on all children's channels and any program in any daypart that has a "particular appeal" to under 16-year-olds, according to Media …

LONDON, November 20: Fireworks has acquired the international rights to a new 22 x 1-hour drama series called Blood Ties. Blood Ties, produced by Toronto’s Kaleidoscope Entertainment and Vancouver’s Insight Film Studios in association with CHUM Television, is scheduled to …