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NEW YORK, October 4: MTV: Music Television has given the green light to two new series from its News & Docs division: Engaged & Underage and MTV Show Choir. Engaged & Underage, a half-hour documentary series, will follow young couples …

BURBANK, October 4: Warner Bros. International Television (WBITV) has struck format deals with Russian broadcasters for locally produced versions of classic American comedies Suddenly Susan, Perfect Strangers, Step by Step and Full House. Denis Leroy, the VP of format licensing …

ATLANTA, October 4: Cartoon Network has completed principal photography on its first-ever original live-action television movie, Re-Animated. The film, which combines animated and live-action elements, focuses on a 12-year-old boy whose life is turned upside down after an accident at …

LONDON/OTTAWA, October 4: Total Eclipse Television, PKJ Music and Amberwood Entertainment have announced the sale of the television rights to the holiday special The Snow Queen to PBS. DVDs, CDs and books based on the film will all be available …

HILVERSUM, October 4: Endemol International has inked new deals in Hungary, Greece and Israel on its game show format Take It or Leave It, which has already run for two seasons in Italy and is in production for a second …

SYDNEY, October 4: E! Networks’ Style channel has picked up the rights to Beyond Distribution’s new series Maxed Out, which aims to help women with poor spending habits. Sherry Fynbo, Beyond’s VP of sales for the Americas, said of the …

MIAMI, October 4: Panama’s Telemetro Channel 13 will produce a local version of Televisa Estudios’ variety format Dancing for a Dream (Bailando por un Sueno) as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. In the show, eight contestants will team up …

TORONTO, October 4: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired the U.S. and international distribution rights to four new films, bringing to 20 the total number of new features and television movies that the company has acquired in the last 12 …

ENGLEWOOD, October 4: A Federal Court has blocked TiVo’s injunction against EchoStar Communications Corporation that would have prevented the satellite platform from rolling out certain models of its digital video recorder to subscribers. The injunction, issued in August, stemmed from …

PARIS, October 4: Ed Galton, the executive VP of business development at Xilam, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s two new properties for MIPCOM: Rintindumb and Rahan, Son of the Dark Age. Rintindumb is made up of 75 1 …