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LOS ANGELES, June 7: After a relentless campaign on behalf of fans to save the prime-time drama Jericho, CBS announced that it has ordered seven more episodes of the series for mid-season next year. The online protest over the cancellation …

NEW YORK, June 7: Lorber Media, Inc. and Hidden Treasures Productions, Inc. have merged operations in a new business called Lorber HT Digital, with Richard Lorber serving as president and CEO. Lorber HT Digital will acquire and market specialty documentary …

LAREN, June 7: Tien, the Dutch TV station owned by Talpa Media Group, has commissioned the reality format Trucker, which is based on Scania’s Young European Truck Driver competition. Trucker is developed by Silverback, formerly Talpa Scandinavia. Strix Holland will …

BUENOS AIRES, June 7: Telefe International has sold the mini-series Detectives, Brothers & Co to the Brazilian broadcaster Bandeirantes, marking the first time that an Argentine series will be aired on television in Brazil. The deal is also significant because …

LOS ANGELES, June 7: Bob Barker, 83, taped his last round of The Price is Right Wednesday morning, ending his 35-year run as host of the longest-running game show in the U.S. and his five decades on network television. The …

NEW YORK, June 7: The National Hockey League (NHL) has reached an agreement to use Sling Media’s upcoming Clip+Sling technology to allow all current and future Slingbox customers to clip and share live or recorded segments of NHL programming online …

LONDON, June 7: The entertainment-rights company Entara has secured the U.K. licensing rights to the classic French children’s series The Magic Roundabout, and will be developing a comprehensive U.K. licensing program from the series. Created by Serge Danot in 1965, …

LONDON, June 7: Disney Channel has inked a deal to supply its three branded channels—Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and Disney Cinemagic—to the IPTV platform Tiscali TV in the U.K. Starting this month, Disney Channel and the preschool channel Playhouse Disney …

LOS ANGELES, June 7: Lifetime Television has begun production on the Lifetime Original Movie The Murder of Princess Diana, which will premiere this August to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in a fatal car crash. Produced …

OTTAWA, June 7: Amberwood Productions’ live-action animated special The Snow Queen, which was produced for the BBC in the U.K. and CBC in Canada, has received an award from The Alliance for Children and Television in the All Genres category …