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TORONTO, September 27: Shaftesbury Films has begun principal photography on a third season of the award-winning drama series ReGenesis for Showcase, The Movie Network and Movie Central. Production on 13 new episodes will take place in Toronto and Hamilton until …

TORONTO, September 27: Peace Arch Entertainment Group’s home entertainment outfit kaBOOM! Entertainment has acquired the Canadian distribution rights to two productions from Amberwood Entertainment. kaBOOM! has signed a seven-year licensing agreement with Amberwood for the exclusive DVD distribution rights in …

TORONTO, September 27: Breakthrough Entertainment has completed an output deal with Free Dolphin as it looks to place its new TV movies with European broadcasters. Cradle of Lies and The Road to Christmas are the first films included under the …

LOS ANGELES, September 27: Bennett Media Worldwide (BMW) has inked a range of cable and satellite deals in Asia and the Middle East on its slate of high-definition programming. Fox Life in Japan picked up the 14×30-minute The Wild Side, …

LONDON, September 26: Granada International has concluded a first-look deal with the format creator and producer Mast Media, granting it the exclusive rights to distribute Mast Media’s formats outside the U.K. and the U.S. In addition, Granada America will have …

UNIVERSAL CITY, September 26: Warren Smith has been named as director of sales for international on-demand licensing at NBC Universal Television International Distribution, based in London and reporting to SVP of international on-demand licensing, Beth Minehart. In his new role, …

MUNICH, September 26: Shares at ProSiebenSat.1 Media rose some 6 percent on rumors that Apax Partners and Goldman Sachs are in negotiations to acquire the German media group. Earlier this year, Axel Springer failed in its attempt to buy the …

NEW YORK, September 26: Sky News’s coverage of last year’s London bombings and a special from the Netherlands on a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan have picked up International Emmys in the news category. London Bombings July 7th, 2005, …

MILAN, September 26: A slate of feature films from Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will be made available on the IPTV service Alice Home TV and the ADSL portal Rosso Alice, via a deal with Telecom Italia. As of this …

MARINA DEL REY, September 26: Universal Pictures’ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift will be available for consumers to download and burn to DVD from CinemaNow beginning today, the same day as the title’s retail DVD release. The entire …