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MUNICH, October 23: German regulators have agreed to introduce a license fee on computers and mobile phones capable of receiving television and radio signals. According to Reuters, users that watch television and other content on their computers and mobile phones …

MUNICH, October 23: SevenOne International is heading to the American Film Market for the first time with a view to securing DVD deals on event productions such as Tornado, The Crows and The Airlift. For the DVD editions, SevenOne International …

BURBANK, October 23: CBS has given a full-season order to Twentieth Century Fox’s James Woods drama Shark. The show features Woods as a savvy defense attorney who switches to the other side and becomes a prosecutor. It has been averaging …

LONDON, October 23: Pilot Productions has inked a deal for BBC Two to broadcast 10 half-hour episodes of Planet Food. The series goes on a culinary tour around the world, with hosts Merilees Parker, Padma Lakshmi, Ben O’Donoghue and Tyler …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: Production begins next month on John from Cincinnati, a new drama for HBO’s summer 2007 schedule from David Milch, the creator of Deadwood, and Kem Nunn. The 12-episode series tells the story of a “famously dysfunctional …

TORONTO, October 23: Global Television has entered into an agreement with Endemol USA to produce a Canadian version of Deal or No Deal, with five local episodes to be produced in Toronto with U.S. host Howie Mandel in January. Produced …

NEW YORK, October 23: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting (MOFTB) are working with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) on an anti-piracy initiative that will cover legislative efforts …

NEW YORK, October 23: The Farrelly brothers have signed on to direct a pilot from BBC Worldwide and Reveille based on the BBC Three comedy series I'm With Stupid for NBC. I'm With Stupid follows the unlikely friendship between a …

SAN FRANCISCO, October 23: Ashwin Navin, the president and co-founder of BitTorrent, was at MIPCOM for the first time this year, meeting with content providers as the company gears up to launch its television and film download platform. Navin speaks …

NEW YORK, October 23: Sundance Channel has acquired 13 new titles for a second season of its successful Asia Extreme block, featuring cutting-edge genre films from South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand in a Sunday midnight slot. Season …