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BURBANK, February 12: FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has inked a one-year first-look deal with best-selling fiction novelist Jackie Collins for the creation of new romantic television dramas based on her original ideas and existing novels. “This partnership is the perfect …

LONDON, February 12: The BBC has announced two commissions on the life and works of English author Daphne du Maurier to mark her centenary this year: the 90-minute drama Daphne and the factual special The Road to Manderley, both for …

VANCOUVER, February 12: Production has begun in Vancouver for The Quality of Life—A Dominic Da Vinci Movie, a two-hour TV movie based on the Canadian drama series Da Vinci’s City Hall that is expected to premiere in Canada on CBC …

LONDON, February 12: Living in the U.K. today broadcast The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith, a special licensed from Buena Vista International Television that first aired on ABC in the U.S. on Friday night. The hour-long show aired …

MALIBU, February 12: JAKKS Pacific and Disney Consumer Products have developed a new line of fashion dolls and role play items for two of Disney’s tween girl properties: Hannah Montana and The Cheetah Girls. The new Hannah Montana toys recreate …

SACRAMENTO, February 12: Digital Music Group, Inc. (DMGI), which specializes in the digital distribution of independently owned music, television, film and video catalogs, has announced a revenue-sharing content agreement with YouTube. The deal makes parts of DMGI's video catalog available …

PALO ALTO, February 12: A range of content from Starz Media will be made available for online download from Azureus’ digital media platform Zudeo. Azureus uses the BitTorrent technology to facilitate the rapid download of large files. In December, the …

LONDON, February 9: Factual distributor TVF International has licensed more than 20 hours of programming into Spain via Televisió de Catalunya and Sogecable’s travel channel Viajar. The deals include the sale to Televisió de Catalunya of the 4×56-minute acclaimed environmental …

TORONTO, February 9: Solutions 2 GO Inc, a Canadian-based provider of electronic entertainment products, has reached a deal with 20th Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising to develop a line of video game accessories in North America based on FOX’s hit …

NEW YORK, February 9: News Corporation’s chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, told attendees at McGraw-Hill’s Media Summit in New York yesterday that while he finds YouTube “hypnotic,” he questioned the user-generated content site’s ability to deliver significant ad revenues. According …