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LONDON, February 20: Outright Distribution, formerly Screentime Partners, has secured sales around the world for Grape Escape and Counter Culture, two factual properties from its finished third-party programming slate. Grape Escape, a 10×30-minute series that chronicles the story of one …

LONDON, February 20: The launch of Heroes in the U.K. last night gave SCI FI its highest-ever ratings and best multichannel prime-time position in its 12-year history. The hit NBC series, distributed by NBC Universal International Television Distribution, peaked with …

COLOGNE/BARCELONA, February 20: Independent sales and distribution outfit ohm:tv has taken on the Spanish distribution rights to properties from the Sitcom Group in Italy and Netherlands Public Broadcasting’s NPB Sales. ohm:tv will be representing Sitcom Group’s entire catalogue in the …

NEW YORK, February 20: Sundance Channel is gearing up to mark the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War on March 19 with the premiere of two new films: The Ground Truth and The Road to Guantanamo. Airing at 9 p.m., …

TORONTO, February 20: CBC International Sales has appointed former Portfolio Entertainment executive Stephen Kelley as its sales manager. Apart from fulfilling his managerial role, Kelley will concentrate on brokering deals in the U.S. and Canada. He was most recently the …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, February 20: Major League Gaming has entered into a partnership with the Endeavor talent agency and Flame Ventures to develop and distribute original television programming about professional video gaming. "From our inception, we've been focused on creating …

TEL AVIV, February 20: Dori Media Group has reported full-year revenues of $20.4 million, a 69-percent gain on this time lat year, with a net profit of $4.1 million, a 152 percent gain on 2005’s results. For the second half …

NEW YORK, February 20: Spike TV has ordered 10 one-hour episodes of a new reality series from Bunim-Murray Productions that sees amateur sleuths trying to solve real homicides. Murder is slated to premiere this summer. Each episode begins with series …

BURBANK, February 16: On March 5, ABC begins production on a new hour-long weekly alternative series, The Next Big Thing: Who Is The Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?, with auditions kicking off in Los Angeles. The Next Big Thing, which was previously …

LOS ANGELES, February 16: FOX has picked up a fourth season of House and has renewed Bones for a third season. House, the top drama on FOX, centers on Dr. Greg House (two-time Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie), a brilliant …