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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 …

NEW YORK, October 23: Last November, former Nickelodeon chief and Spike TV founder Albie Hecht launched Worldwide Biggies, a production outfit targeted to creating multiplatform content for the family and kids’ markets. As the company gears up for the launch …

NEW YORK, October 23: RHI Entertainment has entered into a production deal with SCI FI Channel for 10 original movies for 2007. The deal includes the basic cable rights to RHI Entertainment’s new horror-thriller projects Grizzly Rage, Maneater, Eye of …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: In May of next year, Fox Reality Channel will launch the tentatively titled The Academy, a series from Scott Sternberg Productions that follows recruits training to be deputy sheriffs in Los Angeles. Filming begins on October …

LOS ANGELES/MUNICH, October 23: Tandem Communications has entered into a co-production and distribution pact with Starz Media, with the first set of projects due to launch at the AFM: the SCI FI Channel series Painkiller Jane and an anthology of …