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LONDON, July 19: Carnival Films, a leading independent drama producer in the U.K., has been commissioned to produce Harley Street (working title), a contemporary drama series for ITV1. Harley Street, set in London’s famous medical district, brings together a range …

LONDON, July 19: In a five-year multiplatform deal, Entertainment Rights has licensed the new preschool CGI-animated series Finley The Fire Engine to the BBC for broadcast across linear television networks, online and digital radio, beginning July 23. Produced by RHI …

TORONTO, July 19: CBC International Sales has secured a range of broadcast deals for Requiem for a Princess, a documentary that is based on the book Lady Died by Francis Gillery and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the death of …

LONDON, July 19: Cineflix International has sold 75 hours of in-house and co-produced factual programming to broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand. Cineflix has sold all three seasons of the series Zero Hour to Australia’s Network Ten. This marks the …

LONDON, July 19: Virgin Media Television-owned channel LIVING has commissioned Ginger Productions to produce a new clip-based show with the working title Who Do You Want To Solve Your Murder? The new show will air over two nights on LIVING …

NEW YORK, July 19: The U.S.-based Asian American network ImaginAsian TV has added three new Japanese animated series from Geneon Entertainment to its Tuesday evening animation block: Paradise Kiss, Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales and Kamichu. The three new series, premiering …

MADRID, July 19: BabyTV, a television channel for infants and toddlers under 3, is now available via the cable company ONO in Spain, starting today. BabyTV’s educational programming is now available in both English and Spanish to all of ONO’s …

BERN, July 19: swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) has launched its own channel on the popular video sharing website YouTube in order to more fully meet its mandate to inform Swiss people abroad about news at home, and to raise awareness …

LOS ANGELES, July 19: A new initiative to bring American-style success to the Icelandic television drama series industry has been announced by the media consultancy company MediaXchange. The conference, titled “Outside ‘The Box’”, will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from …

LOS ANGELES, July 19: HBO’s TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee led the Primetime Emmy nominations announced today with a total of 17 nods, while The Sopranos was the most nominated series with a total of 15; HBO …