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MUNICH, October 23: German regulators have agreed to introduce a license fee on computers and mobile phones capable of receiving television and radio signals. According to Reuters, users that watch television and other content on their computers and mobile phones …

MUNICH, October 23: SevenOne International is heading to the American Film Market for the first time with a view to securing DVD deals on event productions such as Tornado, The Crows and The Airlift. For the DVD editions, SevenOne International …

BURBANK, October 23: CBS has given a full-season order to Twentieth Century Fox’s James Woods drama Shark. The show features Woods as a savvy defense attorney who switches to the other side and becomes a prosecutor. It has been averaging …

LONDON, October 23: Pilot Productions has inked a deal for BBC Two to broadcast 10 half-hour episodes of Planet Food. The series goes on a culinary tour around the world, with hosts Merilees Parker, Padma Lakshmi, Ben O’Donoghue and Tyler …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: Production begins next month on John from Cincinnati, a new drama for HBO’s summer 2007 schedule from David Milch, the creator of Deadwood, and Kem Nunn. The 12-episode series tells the story of a “famously dysfunctional …

HOLLYWOOD, October 20: The Jim Henson Company is in development on a full-length feature inspired by the classic 1980s TV show Fraggle Rock. The untitled film will take the Fraggles—Gobo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red—on an adventure outside of Fraggle …

MONACO, October 20: Globo TV Sports at Sportel this week announced an agreement with the Al Dowaly Center Co. of Kuwait for a package of Brazilian soccer matches. Al Dowaly Center acquired Brazilian Magic Football, a package of 82 live …

HONG KONG, October 20: Sony Pictures Television International’s AXN Asia channel is gearing up to launch AXN Mobile, a mobile WAP entertainment portal, in early November. AXN Mobile will offer streaming content on demand, featuring clips from its key shows, …

LONDON, October 20: Channel 4 has commissioned Landmark Films to produce Strangest Hotel in Britain, a documentary about a British training hotel for the mentally disabled. The film, a follow up to Landmark’s Strangest Village in Britain, will be broadcast …

LOS ANGELES, October 20: The Gurin Company has reached a deal to bring the Japanese game show NEP League, from Fuji Television Network, to the U.S. market. The series has been winning its prime-time slot every week for more than …