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LONDON, August 8: Production has begun on Five Days, a five-part crime thriller that the BBC is co-producing with HBO. Slated to air on BBC One, the limited series, penned by Gwyneth Hughes, tracks five days following the abduction of …

NEW DELHI, August 8: Tata Sky, the long-awaited DTH platform owned by the Indian conglomerate TATA and News Corporation’s Asian arm STAR, launched today in 300 cities across India. The venture, 80 percent owned by TATA and 20 percent by …

CHICAGO, August 8: Playboy Enterprises has reported a second quarter loss of $3.3 million, versus last year’s profit of $4.6 million, on revenues that were down $2.3 million to $80.5 million. At the entertainment segment, revenues were down 3 percent …

NEW YORK, August 8: Lifetime Television’s upcoming fall slate includes the original movie The Mermaid Chair with Kim Basinger, the new reality series Off the Leash and the FremantleMedia North America novela Bianca. The Mermaid Chair, adapted from the bestseller …

VANCOUVER/LOS ANGELES, August 8: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the rights to produce an animated version of The Nutty Professor that will be distributed direct-to-video in the U.S. by Genius Products and animated by Mainframe Entertainment. Jerry Lewis, who …

NEW YORK, August 8: Fox Soccer Channel kicks off its coverage of the Barclays English Premier League on August 19, with plans to televise more than 150 matches through May 2007. The coverage includes a weekly match-up at 11:00 a.m. …

NEW YORK, August 8: NBC Universal’s Bravo network is launching a service on Amp’d Mobile, delivering to mobile users content from some of its key shows. The rollout of Bravo to Go marks the first mobile TV deal for an …

MIAMI, August 8: Todobebe has shored up deals in Spain, Colombia and Mexico for its Spanish-language Todobebe TV show about pregnancy and parenting that airs on Telemundo in the U.S. In Colombia, Caracol will launch Todobebe TV this summer. The …

NEW DELHI, August 8: Galli Galli Sim Sim, the Indian version of Sesame Street, is set to launch on Cartoon Network on August 15, Indian Independence Day, at 1 p.m. The show, a co-production of Turner International India, production outfit …

NEW YORK, August 8: AG Properties, American Greetings' recently launched intellectual property and outbound licensing division, has named Sony Wonder, the children's and family division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, as the exclusive home entertainment partner for its new Holly …