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PALO ALTO, April 6: Azureus, a peer-to-peer application provider, has unveiled Vuze, a new broadband entertainment platform featuring content from around the world, including the U.S. premiere of the BBC television series Sorted, which will be offered in HD. In …

TORONTO, April 6: According to Peace Arch Entertainment Group, its new series The Tudors generated record audiences for Showtime in the U.S. earlier this week, drawing 869,000 viewers on its debut outing, and 404,000 for its 11 p.m. encore airing, …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS, April 6: DISCOP has announced the creation of DISCOPRO, a new day-long conference and networking event dedicated to co-production opportunities in the Central and Eastern European region that will take place on June 19, the eve of this …

NEW YORK, April 6: The new U.S. Hispanic-targeted network V-me will broadcast the first season of 42×30-minute episodes of National Geographic’s weekly public television series Wild Chronicles in Spanish this spring, and will premiere two religious art documentaries as part …

LOS ANGELES, April 6: PorchLight Entertainment heads to MIPTV this month with its new 26×12-minute 3-D animated children’s series FARMkids, created by children’s educational expert Scott Strachan. PorchLight holds the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the series, excluding Asia, Australia …

SHERMAN OAKS, April 6: GRB Entertainment has announced a slate of new deals, including licensing some 60 hours of content into the U.K. Marielle Zuccarelli, the senior VP of international sales for GRB Entertainment, commented: “We are off to a …

NEW YORK, April 6: Tim Gunn will return for the fourth season of Bravo’s Emmy-nominated fashion design reality series Project Runway as its mentor, along with a panel of judges that includes designer Michael Kors, ELLE magazine fashion director Nina …

LONDON, April 6: Alliance Atlantis International Content Distribution has secured a number of new merchandising and licensing deals for the popular stop-motion animated series Lunar Jim, which has now been sold to more than 100 territories. Lunar Jim recently launched …

PARIS, April 6: Novavision has licensed the cable, terrestrial broadcast, Internet and mobile rights for ZeZe Candid Camera, a series of hidden-camera clips, to UTV in India, and 25×26-minute episodes of Pop Corn TV, compilations of gags from the ZeZe …

BONITA SPRINGS/MONTREAL, April 6: In an exclusive multi-year DVD and digital format distribution deal, NCircle Entertainment has secured the general market home entertainment rights for the U.S. to existing episodes of the children’s series Mighty Machines from the Quebec-based Seville …