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BURBANK, June 12: The Walt Disney Studios has entered into an agreement with Yash Raj Films (YRF) Studios, the Indian outfit behind Bollywood successes like Dhoom 2 and Salaam Namaste, to create a series of Hindi-language computer-animated feature films. Announcing …

BANFF, June 12: Spike Lee’s documentary on Hurricane Katrina for HBO, When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, captured the grand prize last night at the Banff World Television Awards Show. Directed by Lee, the program explores how …

NEW YORK, June 12: A new report from JupiterResearch shows that while online users spend as much time on the Internet as they spend watching TV, advertisers continue to spend a disproportionate amount on print media and television advertising. The …

LONDON, June 12: In a deal with distributor RHI Entertainment, the SCI FI Channel has picked up the exclusive U.K. and Benelux pay-TV, Internet, and VOD rights to the new live-action Flash Gordon television series. Starring Smallville’s Eric Johnson as …

LOS ANGELES, June 12: The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has announced the lineup for its first annual LATV Festival in July, with showrunners and executives set to screen and discuss new episodes of Lost, The Office, Supernanny, …

TORONTO, June 12: Nerd Corps Entertainment’s new original 3-D animated series Storm Hawks will launch on mobile, online and on-demand platforms prior to its Canadian broadcast premiere this September on YTV. The 52×30-minute series will debut on Saturday, September 8, …

MUNICH, June 12: The game show Beat Your Host!, distributed by SevenOne International, achieved record ratings on ProSieben over the weekend, peaking at a 63.3-percent share, with a 31.5-percent average share, in the 14 to 49 demographic. A total of …

TORONTO, June 12: The Canadian multifaith and multicultural broadcaster VisionTV has partnered with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) to fund the production of the 6×30-minute drama series Rabbit Fall. APTN will premiere the series this fall, while VisionTV will …

LONDON, June 12: BBC Worldwide’s More Than a Game, on the history of the FIFA World Cup, received an award for best sports documentary at this year’s RTS Television Sports Awards. Representing the series was the episode entitled Argentina—From Darkness …

UNIVERSAL CITY, June 12: NBC Universal Television Studio has promoted Elisa Roth to the position of senior VP of drama programming, and Vernon Sanders to senior VP of comedy series. Both will report to Katherine Pope, the newly appointed president …