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LONDON, August 10: Movie Rush, the film review show developed for Channel 4’s website, has been re-commissioned for launch on Film4. Channel 4 New Media, working with Film4, has commissioned content production agency Zone to produce a TV version of …

NEW YORK, August 10: SCI FI Channel in the U.S. has secured a deal with BBC Worldwide Americas for the second season of Doctor Who, slated to return to the NBC Universal-owned network this September. The second season kicks off …

LOS ANGELES, August 10: Ultimate Blackjack Tour, the entertainment company whose eponymous TV series debuts on CBS Sports this fall, has filed suit against cable network GSN over its show World Series of Blackjack for “breach of contract, breach of …

NEW YORK, August 10: 4Kids Entertainment’s second quarter saw revenues fall 9 percent to $16.7 million, while profits fell 94 percent to $34,000. For the six months ended June 30, 2006, net revenues totaled $35.9 million compared to $37.6 million …

LOS ANGELES, August 10: Ripe Digital Entertainment (RDE) is set to launch OctaneTV, an on-demand network targeted to the youth car culture lifestyle and motor enthusiast, on Comcast and Time Warner Cable VOD platforms, as well as on the Internet …

LONDON, August 10: Fremantle International Distribution has licensed a number of factual titles from Sundance Channel and Atlantic Productions to Noga in Israel. Titles from the Sundance portfolio included in the deal are the 6×1-hour Iconoclasts; Transgeneration, which explores the …

LONDON/HILVERSUM, August 10: Channel 4 has commissioned Endemol’s Initial outfit in the U.K. to produce the 75-minute special One Night Only—An INSPI(RED) Evening of Fashion and Music, covering the Giorgio Armani event taking place on September 21 during London Fashion …

HONG KONG, August 10: Sony Pictures Television International’s anime channel Animax has moved to the basic tier on Hong Kong Cable TV after having been an a la carte offering on the platform. Animax on Cable TV’s basic tier will …

SEATTLE, August 10: ReelTime Rentals, a broadband network promising a full-screen, DVD-quality online television experience, is set to launch on September 12. "Our much-anticipated launch is the fulfillment of a dream to bring full DVD quality video over the web …

TORONTO, August 10: MTV’s first multi-platform film competition, 48fest, will air in September across all of MTV’s worldwide outlets—on air, online and on mobile phones, giving 48 youths 48 hours to create three-minute films on HIV and AIDS-related issues. Eight …