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BURBANK, November 9: ABC has given a full-season order to Men in Trees and is moving the series to Thursdays at 10 p.m., immediately following Grey’s Anatomy, with Six Degrees off the schedule until next year. Currently airing Friday nights, …

OSLO/LUXEMBOURG, November 8: SBS Broadcasting has reached a deal for its CANAL+ premium pay-TV channels to remain on the Canal Digital Nordic DTH platform until 2010. Canal Digital has also secured the rights to broadcast SBS's Nordic commercial channels—the Swedish …

ENGLEWOOD/SANTA MONICA, November 8: A range of feature film titles from Lionsgate will be made available on a VOD and pay-per-view basis on EchoStar Communications Corporation’s satellite platform, DISH Network. “Lionsgate is a great addition to both DISH On Demand …

NEW YORK, November 8: Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute is teaming with the GSM Association (GSMA), whose members serve more than 2 billion mobile phone customers across the globe, to create the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project. The pilot …

LONDON, November 8: On Demand Group (ODG) has launched CineExpress, a pay-per-view movie service, on Kabel Deutschland’s (KDG) cable network in Germany. The new service is marketed under KDG’s ‘Select KINO’ pay-per-view offering and includes the latest movies from several …

NEW YORK, November 8: Bravo has given a series order to the tentatively titled Welcome to the Parker, which goes behind the scenes at the Parker Palm Springs hotel in California. Each one-hour episode looks at the lives, relationships and …

BURBANK/SALT LAKE CITY, November 8: The Walt Disney Company’s interactive entertainment affiliate, Buena Vista Games, has launched a new development studio dedicated to creating video games specifically for Nintendo platforms. Based in Salt Lake City, Fall Line Studio’s focus is …

NEW YORK, November 8: 4Kids Entertainment has entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with the American Greetings Corporation for a line of social expression products based on Viva Piñata. American Greetings will roll out party goods, greeting cards, gift-wrap and …

DOHA, November 8: Al Jazeera’s 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel has announced plans for a new weekly program, Inside Iraq. Al Jazeera English’s Inside Iraq will be hosted by Iraq-born Jasim Azawi and will examine the conflict in …

HOUSTON, November 8: Anime Network has reached a deal to provide content to Sprint Power Vision subscribers, who will be able to access clips from up to five premium titles for $4.95 per month. “We are thrilled at the opportunity …