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ATLANTA, December 6: Steven Spielberg is executive producing the new DreamWorks Television mini-series The Talisman, adapted from the novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub, for broadcast on TNT in the summer of 2008. Also executive producing The Talisman is …

LOS ANGELES, December 6: The premium gay and lesbian service here! has acquired the worldwide rights to the award-winning series The DL Chronicles, from creators Quincy Le Near and Deondray Gossett of 2 Cents Productions. The network plans to launch …

SYDNEY, December 6: Australia’s Network Ten has released plans for its new digital strategy, which formally kicks off in February with the relaunch of the commercial broadcaster’s website to focus on video streaming and downloads. The new www.ten.com.au will also …

NEW YORK, December 5: VH1 Mobile has launched the new made-for-mobile series Celebhead, parodying the daily lives of actors, artists and politicians. The series launched today with an episode on Paris Hilton. All episodes will be available on VH1 Mobile's …

NEW YORK, December 5: Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, wants to raise the company’s international profit margins by 10 to 15 percentage points in the next few years, he told investors at an event in New York …

DALLAS/NEW YORK, December 5: The Independent Film Channel (IFC) has bolstered its anime offerings with two further acquisitions from FUNimation Entertainment: Basilisk and Gunslinger Girl. Both are slated to launch in January as part of a one-hour anime block leading …

NEW YORK, December 5: Spanish-language television, boosted by the World Cup, pulled in $3.22 billion in ad revenues in the first nine months of this year, a 19.1 percent gain, according to TNS Media Intelligence, which reported that the U.S. …

MONTREAL, December 5: Distraction, which was showcasing its titles at the Asia TV Forum last week, has tapped Singapore-based Theatre Red to represent its catalogue in several key markets in the region. The firm, headed up by Ian Hogg and …

BERLIN, December 5: German publishing giant Axel Springer has acquired a 25.1-percent stake in the Polish commercial broadcaster Telewizja Polsat for 250 million euros. The Polish broadcasting group operates the flagship channels Polsat and Polsat 2, as well as a …

HILVERSUM, December 5: Endemol International has announced a deal with the Spanish mobile phone operator Movistar for the latest edition of its interactive made-for-mobile reality TV format Get Close To… The British version, Get Close To…The Sugababes, earlier this year …