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LOS ANGELES, November 13: FOX Broadcasting Company has pulled the drama Justice from its schedule. Justice, from Jerry Bruckheimer Television, which looked at the top legal minds in a boutique law firm in Los Angeles, failed to gain a significant …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: The ABC Network has picked up a real-time medical-comedy project from the creators of 24. The project, whose name is The Call, focuses on two paramedics who are best friends and go about saving people’s lives …

SANTA MONICA, November 10: Lionsgate has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the live-action feature film based on the popular Bratz characters, tentatively entitled Bratz: The Movie, from Crystal Sky Pictures. The film will be directed by Sean McNamara (Raise …

LONDON, November 10: Content from British independent video publisher/distributor 2 entertain Ltd will be available on a download-to-own basis in the U.K. on LOVEFiLM via a deal with Arts Alliance Media. The titles, including Little Britain Live, Jeremy Clarkson: The …

NEW YORK, November 10: 4Kids Entertainment’s third-quarter results show a net loss of $265,000, as compared with a $2 million profit in the same period last year, with revenues down almost 10 percent to $17.6 million. For the nine months …

SYDNEY, November 10: Southern Star and Endemol have extended their deal for a Sydney-based production joint venture for another three-year term. Endemol Southern Star creates, develops and produces television programming for Australian and New Zealand broadcasters, and exports its intellectual …

NEW YORK, November 10: Production is under way in Toronto on The Dresden Files, the Lionsgate-produced drama that launches on SCI FI Channel in the U.S. in January. Terrence Mann has joined the cast of the supernatural detective series, which …

LONDON, November 10: Channel 4 International has signed a first look distribution deal with Gecko Productions, the new independent outfit established by former Television Corp executives Viv McGrath and Andrew Brann. Channel 4 International has distributed several of McGrath’s previous …

HILVERSUM, November 10: Telescreen has confirmed a range of European presales on its new animated series Frog & Friends. The series is based on the award-winning Frog books by Max Velthuijs and is aimed at kids 4 to 7. Presales …

MONTREAL, November 10: CinéGroupe has begun production on 13 new episodes of the prime-time animated series Tripping the Rift for Canada’s TELETOON and SPACE: the Imagination Station. With the third season, CinéGroupe will have 39 half-hours to offer broadcasters. The …