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ENGLEWOOD, January 11: Starz Entertainment has acquired the exclusive rights to the Academy Award-nominated feature film The Illusionist starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel, along with four other films from producer Bob Yari. The films will be shown …

ROME, January 11: Fox International Channels’ FOX Life has entered the Polish market on the Polsat Digital Platform in the Relax Mix package. The channel, whose motto is “Because life should be juicy”, airs first-run and current television series, entertainment …

PASADENA, January 11: BBC America’s new co-production Clatterford, marking Jennifer Saunders’ return to the channel, was presented at the Television Critics Association press tour yesterday. Saunders stars in and wrote Clatterford, a comedy about a small town women’s club. The …

SYDNEY, January 11: Southern Star International has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the animated tween series G2G: Got to Go, a Canadian-Australian production for Nine Network. The series, which will be launched on the global market at MIPTV, is …

SAN FRANCISCO, January 11: VIZ Media has licensed from Nippon Television Network the download-to-own and download-to-rent rights for the U.S. to the Death Note anime series. The deal marks the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be …

LONDON, January 12: BKN International has sealed a broadcast deal with Télé-Québec for several CGI high-definition animated features, and has licensed a number of titles to Toronto-based Morningstar Entertainment for DVD distribution in Canada. BKN’s contract with Morningstar Entertainment grants …

SANTA BARBARA, January 11: Foothill Entertainment has landed the worldwide television and international home entertainment distribution rights to the straight-to-DVD release Hip-Hop Kidz: It’s a Beautiful Thing, the first in a series. Hip-Hop Kidz: It’s a Beautiful Thing is executive …

HOLLYWOOD, January 11: International Broadcast Communications (IBC) has sold the celebrity profile series Famous into Germany, marking the company’s first deal in that market. Famous was licensed to Star! Entertainment Factory, a joint venture with VCL, MME, CHUM and other …

TORONTO, January 11: Canadian broadcaster Rogers OMNI Television will exclusively fund The M Word, a controversial new documentary from Third Element Productions exploring Canada’s Multiculturalism Policy. The M Word examines the place of the Multiculturalism Policy in Canadian society and …

LONDON, January 11: The BBC has released the minutes of the organization’s board meeting in the wake of the Hutton Report revealing why then Director-General Greg Dyke was asked to resign. The BBC has been keeping the documents secret since …