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ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK, December 13: Titles from New Line Cinema will be made available on an on-demand and pay-per-view basis on EchoStar Communications Corporation’s DISH Network satellite platform, the two companies announced today. The agreement covers titles like Wedding Crashers, Monster …

BURBANK, December 13: Lorraine Hansberry’s acclaimed play A Raisin in the Sun, which first premiered in 1959 and was most recently seen on Broadway in 2004, is being adapted into a three-hour TV movie for ABC. The film will feature …

HILVERSUM/LONDON, December 13: BBC One has commissioned a second season of Endemol International’s hit game show 1 vs. 100 for broadcast in 2007. The format recently received an extended run in the U.S., where it has emerged as a strong …

NEW YORK, December 13: Comedian Larry the Cable Guy has scored a half-hour animated pilot with Comedy Central. Created and written by Larry the Cable Guy, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, the pilot stars the comedian as a misguided but …

MIAMI, December 13: Telecinco in Spain has picked up Caracol TV International’s novela Without Breasts There is No Paradise, along with the format rights to the series. The series has become the Colombian distributor’s best-selling title in the last few …

LONDON, December 13: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has reached a deal that brings the Jetix Europe series Oban Star Racers to British terrestrial GMTV. The 26×30-minute show chronicles the Great Race of Ōban—an intergalactic competition that takes place every …

BURBANK, December 13: SOAPnet in the U.S. is set to air the first season of the ABC Family original series Falcon Beach, which is distributed internationally by FremantleMedia Enterprises. The show will launch on the cable network with a two-hour …

SANTA MONICA/NEW YORK, December 13: Yahoo! News has expanded its agreement with ABC News, which will now provide enhanced daily content packages that include breaking news stories across a variety of categories, as well as additional features and interviews, including …

LOS ANGELES, December 13: Bennett Media Worldwide (BMW) has picked up the global TV distribution rights to two series from extreme sports filmmaker Dallas Tanner: Destination X Hawaii and Flow. Destination X Hawaii features five beautiful women exploring exotic locations …

SYDNEY, December 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Jack Ford to executive VP and managing director for its business in Australia and New Zealand. Ford reports to Michael Grindon, the president of SPTI. He has been SPTI’s managing …