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LONDON, July 20: HIT Entertainment has inked ten new broadcasting deals across Europe for its portfolio of preschool brands, including agreements with the BBC, YLE and SVT. In France, the Disney Channel took Bob the Builder, Barney and Thomas & …

LONDON, July 20: Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 and Discovery Channel in the U.S. to produce a two-hour docudrama on the 1993 siege in Waco, Texas. Inside Waco will chronicle what happened on April 19, 1993, …

LONDON, July 20: Granada International has licensed a number of its British mini-series to broadcasters in France, including TF1, which opted for Walk Away and I Stumble. M6 picked up If I Had You and Kindness of Strangers, while Canal …

GLASGOW, July 20: Claire Mundell and Justin Molotnikov, the executive producers of the BBC CGI/live-action hybrid Shoebox Zoo, have established Synchronicity Films in Scotland with a view to developing drama series and feature films. Mundell has over 15 years of …

LOS ANGELES, July 20: Blueprint Entertainment has tapped Ira Pincus to executive produce a slate of movies and series for the company, and has named a development and production consultant and a director of development. Pincus has produced numerous TV …

LOS ANGELES, July 20: Grupo Televisa has filed a lawsuit against Univision Communications over the rights to distribute its programming online in the U.S. According to published reports, Televisa is seeking a ruling from a Los Angeles Superior Court judge …

BRUSSELS, July 20: The European Commission has announced investigations into the digital terrestrial rollouts in Italy and the German states of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as an inquiry into the financing of Belgian pubcaster VRT. Regulators have given …

SEATTLE, July 19: The broadband content service ReelTime Rentals is launching an online service specifically for children, delivering live-action and animated programming and targeting kids of all ages, from preschoolers to teens. ReelKidsTV will initially be housed at http://www.reeltimetv.net but …

BURBANK, July 19: ABC has increased the number of its shows that are dubbed into Spanish, adding, among others, the telenovela adaptation Ugly Betty that launches this fall. Desperate Housewives, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars, George Lopez and …

ATLANTA, July 19: Cartoon Network is working with Korea’s Grigon Entertainment for a massively multi-player online game (MMOG) that is slated to launch in the spring of 2008. The Cartoon Network MMOG will target the kids' interactive gaming market. Featuring …