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LOS ANGELES, February 13: PBS and Boettcher Trinklein Productions have begun production on Pioneers of Television, a 4×1-hour documentary series on some of the television medium’s legendary entertainers, for debut in winter/spring 2008. Pioneers of Television will revolve around the …

BURBANK, February 13: The actor Jimmy Smits, whose credits include NYPD Blue and The West Wing, has announced three television projects from his outfit, El Sendero Productions, in association with ABC Television Studio (formerly Touchstone Television). First on the slate …

PARIS, February 13: The news agency Agence France-Presse is looking to expand the global reach of AFPTV, its English and French-language video service covering current events. The service offers reports on current events and related issues, features, raw footage and …

SANTA MONICA/CUPERTINO, February 12: More than 150 movies from Lionsgate will now be available for purchase and download through Apple’s iTunes Store starting from today, including blockbuster films such as The Blair Witch Project, Dirty Dancing, Terminator 2 and Basic …

EMERYVILLE, February 12: Simon Bax, who has held senior positions at Pixar and SmartJog, among others, has been appointed to MobiTV’s board of directors. Bax was most recently the EVP and chief financial officer at Pixar Animation Studios, where he …

NEW YORK, February 12: CBS Corporation has launched RIOT, a new cross-platform sales unit offering advertisers multiple platforms: radio, Internet, outdoor and television. CBS RIOT will be offering advertisers the combined reach of CBS Radio's 147 stations, CBS Interactive's local …

BURBANK, February 12: FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has inked a one-year first-look deal with best-selling fiction novelist Jackie Collins for the creation of new romantic television dramas based on her original ideas and existing novels. “This partnership is the perfect …

LONDON, February 12: The BBC has announced two commissions on the life and works of English author Daphne du Maurier to mark her centenary this year: the 90-minute drama Daphne and the factual special The Road to Manderley, both for …

VANCOUVER, February 12: Production has begun in Vancouver for The Quality of Life—A Dominic Da Vinci Movie, a two-hour TV movie based on the Canadian drama series Da Vinci’s City Hall that is expected to premiere in Canada on CBC …

LONDON, February 12: Living in the U.K. today broadcast The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith, a special licensed from Buena Vista International Television that first aired on ABC in the U.S. on Friday night. The hour-long show aired …