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BARCELONA, October 13: Southern Star Entertainment and Neptuno Films Production in association with Flamma Films have started production on the 52 x 12-minute children’s animation series Sea Princesses. Based on the original book series Princesas do Mar created by Brazilian …

LONDON, October 13: Trouble, the Flextech-owned youth entertainment channel, has announced that it will build upon its user-generated-content network Homegrown by launching its own television show this November. The series’ content will be a fully user-generated, based entirely on material …

LONDON, October 13: New Medium Enterprises (NME), developer of high definition platforms, has concluded a content distribution deal with German distributor VCL to release up to ten high-definition titles in German-speaking countries by January, 2007, with the entire 800-title catalogue …

TORONTO, October 13: Alliance Atlantis Communications will make two new high-definition channels — National Geographic Channel HD and Showcase HD – available in Canada on December 19, 2006. The HDTV services will be the first from Alliance Atlantis Communications. The …

NEW YORK, October 13: The Biography Channel closed the third quarter of 2006 with its ninth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth in prime households, total viewers and among viewers 25-54 in prime time. Building on the ratings growth, the Channel …

CANNES, October 12: CBS Paramount International Television has closed a deal with Viasat in the Czech Republic for a local version America’s Next Top Model. It is not clear when the local edition will launch. The Czech deal follows a …

LOS ANGELES, October 12: The Spice Digital Networks have been re-branded and re-launched as four distinct new entities: clubjenna, SPICE:XCESS, fresh! and shorteez. “Adult buyers tend to randomly sample content based more on genre and specific tastes,” said Bryan Postlethwait, …

LONDON, October 12: Channel Five has launched its video-on-demand service with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the popular U.S. police drama series. Viewers are now able to view new episodes of CSI for £2.49 seven days before they are broadcast on …

CANNES, October 12: Venevision International and Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) have entered into a reciprocal distribution agreement for their respective titles Rebel Angel and Winter Sonata. The agreement is part of KBS’s efforts to introduce Latin America to the popular …

CANNES, October 12: The National Film Board of Canada, the Ministry of Culture of Brazil and the Brazilian Producers' Association have announced the four winners of a joint Canada/Brazil development fund valued at C$100,000. The winning projects are 8 Ways …