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TORONTO, October 13: Global Television has announced that it is adding Survivor: Cook Islands, currently Canada’s top-rated reality show, to the content available online through its website. The program joins Deal or No Deal as the latest U.S. primetime series …

BARCELONA, October 13: Southern Star Entertainment and Neptuno Films Production in association with Flamma Films have started production on the 52 x 12-minute children’s animation series Sea Princesses. Based on the original book series Princesas do Mar created by Brazilian …

LONDON, October 13: Trouble, the Flextech-owned youth entertainment channel, has announced that it will build upon its user-generated-content network Homegrown by launching its own television show this November. The series’ content will be a fully user-generated, based entirely on material …

LONDON, October 13: New Medium Enterprises (NME), developer of high definition platforms, has concluded a content distribution deal with German distributor VCL to release up to ten high-definition titles in German-speaking countries by January, 2007, with the entire 800-title catalogue …

TORONTO, October 13: Alliance Atlantis Communications will make two new high-definition channels — National Geographic Channel HD and Showcase HD – available in Canada on December 19, 2006. The HDTV services will be the first from Alliance Atlantis Communications. The …

NEW YORK, October 13: The Biography Channel closed the third quarter of 2006 with its ninth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth in prime households, total viewers and among viewers 25-54 in prime time. Building on the ratings growth, the Channel …

NEW YORK, October 13: Tanya Van Court has been named senior VP, Preschool and Parents Online, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group. The announcement was made by Steve Youngwood, executive VP, Digital Media, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family …

CANNES, October 13: Novocom, a creative services agency specializing in the design and production of motion graphics, announced at MIPCOM that it has completed a corporate restructuring, and rebranded itself as Via Worldwide. The announcement was made by the company’s …

CANNES, October 13: The winners of MIPCOM’s Mobile TV Screening & Awards 2006, chosen by an international grand jury from a total of 23 nominated projects, received their trophies in a packed auditorium at the 22nd edition of MIPCOM. Sponsored …

PHILADELPHIA, October 13: Ted Harbert, president and CEO of E! Networks, has been promoted to the new position of president and CEO of Comcast Entertainment Group, with oversight of the company’s West Coast properties, including E! Entertainment Television, Style Network …