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LONDON, July 21: Turner Broadcasting Europe will open up an Original Productions Unit in London next year with a view to “creating the best content in Europe,” the company said today. The formation of the new British production arm is …

NEW YORK, July 21: Macy's Herald Square in New York City will be the subject of a new series for cable network WE tv that will be produced by the Endemol-owned True Entertainment. The 8×30-minute Unwrapping Macy's, set to launch …

SILVER SPRING, July 21: Discovery Communications’ Discovery News website has added video segments to its offering, developing content in house and inking a deal with Associated Press Television News. The video segments on the site kick off with footage from …

LONDON, July 20: BBC Two’s fall season unveiled today includes Tsunami—The Aftermath, a fictional drama set in Thailand that is based on first-hand research and interviews. "The 2004 Asian tsunami shocked and devastated the world, touching the lives of people …

BURBANK, July 20: Smoke House, the new television and film production venture set up by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, has inked a long-term production and development agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television. Clooney and Heslov collaborated …

HONG KONG, July 20: CASBAA has joined forces with FIFA and Hong Kong Cable Television to initiate legal proceedings against a number of public venues for allegedly airing unlicensed pay-TV broadcasts of the World Cup. CASBAA, representing the interests of …

NEW YORK, July 20: Early next year, Sundance Channel will launch a weekly three-hour prime-time programming block serving up content on environmental issues. “Once in awhile forces converge and affect social change,” said Robert Redford, the channel’s founder. “For some, …

VANCOUVER/NEWARK, July 20: IDT Entertainment, which is in the process of being sold to Liberty Media, has inked a deal to sell its 62-percent stake in Canadian CGI outfit Mainframe Entertainment to the parent company of Rainmaker Animation & Visual …

LONDON, July 20: Five in the U.K. has secured the free-TV and digital terrestrial rights to The Nine, slated to launch on ABC this fall, from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. Vanessa Brookman, Five’s controller of acquisitions, described the show …

VANCOUVER, July 20: Production company Shavick Entertainment has acquired OUTtv, a Canadian gay and lesbian television network, with plans to relaunch the channel under a new name and with a slate of new programming. Shavick acquired a majority interest in …