Top Stories

LONDON, October 16: 3DD Entertainment has secured a variety of new deals on London Live, which is currently in production on a second season for Channel 4 and E4. iNHD2 in the U.S., which has already fared well with season …

CHICAGO, October 16: Star Farm Productions’ Edgar & Ellen series and specials have been acquired by Nickelodeon channels in nine markets, including France and Italy. The entire 26-episode series and six holiday specials have been acquired by Nickelodeon channels in …

LONDON, October 16: Zonemedia's Zone Mobile has entered into an agreement with the production company Pure Grass to create the mobile horror series When Evil Calls. The mobile show will launch on British mobile network O2 on October 23. It …

FAIRFIELD/NEW YORK, October 16: Revenues at NBC Universal for the third quarter of this year rose 20 percent to $3.6 billion, but segment profit for the same period dipped 10 percent to $542 million. For the nine months ended September …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, October 16: MTV Networks has acquired Quizilla.com, an online, user-generated community of original teen authors, aged 14 and above, who create and share quizzes, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, polls, and other content. The website was acquired from Gorilla …

BURBANK, October 16: ABC has given a full-season order to Ugly Betty, the American version of the Colombian soap Betty la fea, which has emerged as the most-watched new series of the 2006-07 season. Starring America Ferrera and executive produced …

BURBANK, October 16: Jericho, the new drama about the aftermath of a nuclear explosion on a small Kansas town, has been given a full-season order by CBS. Distributed by CBS Paramount International Television, the show has been averaging 11.3 million …

NEW YORK, October 16: Epic Records and Sony BMG are working to recreate the 70s and 80s boy band sensation Menudo—which gave Ricky Martin his big break—with MTV and Reveille to produce a reality series chronicling the search for the …

NEW YORK/SEATTLE, October 16: FremantleMedia is working with Mobliss to a launch new mobile channel, Atomic Wedgie, on Sprint in the U.S., featuring content from the FremantleMedia library. Offerings will include comedic animated and live-action shorts and series, British cult …

GUTTENBERG, October 16: The broadband destination The Horror Channel has entered into a deal that will bring an array of its programming to the IPTV platform Akimbo. The Akimbo service features more than 13,000 on-demand videos from 200 content providers …