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EKATERINBURG, March 19: Russian distributor Studio U7 has licensed the fourth season of The Most Extreme series, originally broadcast on Animal Planet in the U.S., to the Russian national broadcaster TNT. The series, which was produced by New Zealand-based NHNZ, …

LONDON, March 16: Entertainment Rights (ER) will be attending MIPTV with content from its recently acquired U.S.-based subsidiaries Classic Media and Big Idea, including the 26×30-minute animated series George of the Jungle, and the 26×30-minute 3-2-1 Penguins! In addition, ER …

NEW YORK, March 16: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the television series The Gumby Show today, classic TV episodes from the 1950s and 60s, including the pilot Gumby on the Moon, have been digitally remastered and launched on Google …

PARIS, March 16: France’s Gedeon Programmes will release a 70-minute documentary on the world tour of French navigator Maud Fontenoy. Directed by Luc Marescot, the documentary will feature shots of her preparation, her five months at sea in all conditions, …

LONDON, March 16: IMG Media has appointed BBC Worldwide global TV sales chief Mark Young as senior VP of entertainment sales and acquisitions worldwide, effective in May. Young joins IMG Media after more than 14 years at BBC Worldwide, where …

HONG KONG, March 16: A new report from MPA (Media Partners Asia) shows that despite the large amount of cable TV penetration in India—71 million homes—less than 2 percent of homes are receiving a broadband connection, compared to 13 percent …

HANOVER, March 16: The Blu-ray and HD DVD standards were battling it out at the CeBIT technology trade show in Hanover, Germany, this week, with Blu-ray saying it aims to replace the standard DVD format within three years, and HD …

LOS ANGELES, March 16: Local format versions of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered in prime time this week in Russia on NTV, with the SVU premiere episode winning its timeslot and the …

NEW YORK, March 16: For the quarter that ended December 31, 2006, 4Kids Entertainment recorded a net loss of $2.3 million, as compared with a profit of $500,000 in the same period in the prior year, on net revenues of …

LOS ANGELES, March 16: Showtime has ordered 12 half-hour episodes of a new, as-yet-untitled comedy series starring former The X-Files star David Duchovny, for premiere in August. Set to begin production in Los Angeles in June, the new series will …