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WASHINGTON, August 15: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and National Geographic Channel have commissioned Towers Productions—the team behind Inside 9/11—to produce Bin Laden’s Spy in America. The two-hour special will premiere in the U.S. on August 28, followed by an …

LOS ANGELES, August 15: Fox Sports en Español has entered into a four-year programming deal with Soccer United Marketing (SUM) for the live and exclusive television rights to the Mexican club InterLiga Tournament from 2007 through 2010. All matches will …

NORWALK, August 15: CABLEready has secured its first-ever deal with the Sundance Channel, licensing the documentary Combover: The Movie for a spring 2007 broadcast in the U.S. The hour-long film from No Barking Productions follows filmmaker Chris Marino as he …

NEW YORK, August 15: ImaginAsian TV has acquired the rights to the hit Korean drama series Princess Hours from Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for launch on August 28 at 8 p.m. “Asia is abuzz over the popularity of Princess Hours, …

LOS ANGELES, August 15: BET's newly established animation division has announced two new deals, including a tie up with Film Roman for a slate of animated films and multiplatform series. Through its pact with Film Roman, the award-winning animation studio …

NEW YORK, August 15: VH1 Classic has acquired the exclusive U.S. TV rights to the final episode of the BBC’s long-running music series Top of the Pops, which aired in the U.K. at the end of last month. The one-hour …

ATLANTA, August 15: JWTwo Entertainment, a division of ad agency JWT, is working with Nuance Productions and The Greif Company on a “micro-series” of two-and-a-half minute, self-contained sitcom episodes for TBS. lovebites begins airing on TBS on September 13. It …

ORLANDO, August 15: Florida-based i.d.e.a.s. Entertainment and Ohio’s The Team: Sports, Entertainment & Media have entered into a joint venture to produce original sports and entertainment programming for television and new media broadcast. Based in Columbus, Ohio, The Team: Sports, …

NEW YORK, August 15: Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp has acquired its first website since hiring former Channel 4 chief Michael Jackson earlier this year to boost its online content offerings, picking up a 51-percent stake and full voting control of Connected …

OTTAWA, August 15: HAGI, the current rights holder in Poland for Amberwood Entertainment’s The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, has licensed the television and DVD rights to the series for a number of other territories. The expanded deal will see …