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LONDON, October 26: LIVINGtv has acquired the rights to the New Zealand drama Outrageous Fortune from All3Media International. Dubbed as New Zealand’s answer to Shameless, the show recently wrapped its second season with a 37.4 percent share among adults. Produced …

NEW YORK, October 26: Compedia, a specialist in the edutainment games market, is launching a line of Casper the Friendly Ghost interactive games, after inking a deal with Classic Media. Compedia will develop educational games for the CD-Rom and DVD …

RIO DE JANEIRO, October 26: Globo TV International has announced the highlights of its MIPCOM stint, including a slate of new deals as well as securing an International Emmy nod in the dramatic series category for its telenovela Little Missy. …

STOCKHOLM, October 25: Modern Times Group’s third quarter revenues rose 24 percent to SEK 2,280 million ($311 million), the company announced today, with net profit more than doubling to SEK 529 million ($72 million). The quarter, in which MTG expanded …

VANCOUVER, October 25: Omni Film Productions was given the greenlight for several productions this week, including two shows for CBC: a one-hour pilot for the family series Left Coast and the two-hour documentary special West Coast Tsunami. Omni also received …

LOS ANGELES, October 25: FOX will launch the first episode of the fourth season of The O.C. on Myspace.com and on the Fox Television Station Group's MyFoxLocal websites in 24 owned-and-operated markets this Thursday, one week ahead of the television …

ATLANTA, October 25: Steve Koonin, who oversees TNT and TBS, has been tapped to fill the newly created post of president of Turner Entertainment Networks, adding TCM and Court TV to his mandate. Reporting to Koonin are Marc Juris, Court …

NEW YORK/WEST PALM BEACH, October 25: RHI Entertainment will serve as the exclusive programming supplier to ION Media Network’s flagship i network on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights—totaling 12 hours of content per week—for a two-year period beginning July 1, …

AMSTERDAM, October 25: Eyeworks Entertainment has named Vincent ter Voert as its program director, effective January 1, 2007. Ter Voert will oversee the Eyeworks division with business director Jan van Beek. He has spent the last year and a half …

LONDON, October 25: Disney Channel has inked a deal to provide its content to Top Up TV’s DTT subscription PVR service Top UP TV Anytime. As part of the multi-year alliance, Top Up TV Anytime users will be able to …