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SINGAPORE, November 29: Canada’s Kahani World is teaming with Singapore’s ettaminA for Ashati the Asian Princess, a 3-D animated feature film. The 90-minute feature film follows its title character, Princess Ashati, as she sets out on a journey to save …

SINGAPORE, November 29: The Asia Television Forum and Asia Film Market & Conference opened in Singapore today with organizers hailing a 25-percent increase in attendance, with a record number of participants hailing from 49 countries, including 80 distributors attending for …

LONDON, November 29: Michael Grade, who resigned yesterday as chairman of the BBC to become the executive chairman of the U.K.’s leading commercial broadcaster ITV, was greeted by ITV staff with a standing ovation. Although Grade officially starts at ITV …

HIALEAH, November 29: Telemundo Communications Group has taken full ownership of the Miami-based Telemundo-RTI Productions and has acquired its distribution partner, Tepuy International. Telemundo-RTI will now be renamed Telemundo Studios Miami, while Tepuy will become Telemundo Internacional, serving as the …

NEW YORK, November 28: RHI Entertainment is set to begin production early next year on the six-hour mini-series Tin Man, billed as a science-fiction take on The Wizard of Oz, for a December 2007 premiere on the SCI FI Channel. …

SINGAPORE, November 28: ESPN STAR Sports has extended its agreement with the FA Premier League (FAPL) for the live broadcast rights to the Barclays English Premier League in key Asian markets until 2010. ESPN STAR Sports will exclusively broadcast the …

SINGAPORE, November 28: Singaporean cable platform StarHub has won the exclusive rights for the next three seasons of the Barclays English Premier League (EPL), beginning in the 2007/2008 season. “StarHub has been the place where Singaporeans watch EPL for the …

SYDNEY, November 28: Universal Pictures Australasia and ReelTime Media are set to launch a movie download-to-own service, featuring secure burn technology, in Australia and New Zealand tomorrow. Consumers will be able to purchase Universal Pictures titles on the same day …

KNOXVILLE, November 28: DIY Network and Fine Living TV Network, part of Scripps Networks, continue to be two of the fastest growing cable networks in the U.S., with several new launches in the last few months. DIY Network launched on …

BARCELONA/SINGAPORE, November 28: Icon Animation heads into the Asia TV Forum, which kicks off in Singapore tomorrow, with a deal already clinched with Nickelodeon Asia for its key animated series Lola & Virginia. The Nickelodeon deal brings the show to …