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TORONTO, June 30: The Protest Revolution, a four-part documentary series produced for BBC4 and Canada's VisionTV has wrapped up principle photography. Filmed in high definition by IWC Media and Cream Productions on location in the U.K., Europe and North America, …

LOS ANGELES, June 30: Univision shareholders have filed two suits against the company and its board over their handling of the sale of the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S. to a consortium of private investors earlier this week. According …

MUNICH, June 30: Discovery Communications will be launching DMAX in September 2006 in place of XXP, a free-to-air channel the company acquired earlier this year. DMAX, a fact-based entertainment channel, will focus on the lifestyles and interests of male viewers …

SYDNEY/LONDON, June 30: Southern Star International has been chosen by the U.K. production entity talkbackTHAMES as the distributor for Little Devil. Along with the acquisition of Little Devil Southern Star will be looking to develop further drama projects with talkbackTHAMES. …

BURBANK/LONDON, June 30: Following the L.A. Screenings, Warner Bros. International Television has sold three series to the U.K. channel LIVINGtv. Justice, from Emmy-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer offers a behind-the-scenes look at how high-profile cases are tried in the media …

LOS ANGELES, June 30: PorchLight Entertainment, the producer and distributor of the preschool series, Jay Jay The Jet Plane, and India’s UTV will produce the feature-length animated movie, Jay Jay’s Race Around The World. Pre-production on the movie is set …

LOS ANGELES, June 29: The Walt Disney Company’s board of directors has elected John Pepper, Jr. to be its non-executive chairman, effective January 1, 2007. Pepper, 67, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, will succeed Sen. George J. Mitchell …

NEW YORK, June 29: AOL and Fusion Entertainment have announced a joint-venture web network called Lat34.com dedicated to action sports. It will be the first interactive network featuring action sports such as skate, BMX, FMX, surfing, snowboarding and more. Lat34.com—named …

MIAMI, June 29: Univision’s news magazine Primer Impacto received the Edward R. Murrow award for Best Network News Series from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). The program was honored for its three-part series entitled Angeles en el infierno (Angels …

LONDON, June 29: BBC Worldwide licensed more than 500 hours of programming to broadcasters across Eastern Europe at this year’s DISCOP. Several shows were licensed to TVR in Romania, as part of a two-year output deal, including the natural history …