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LOS ANGELES, September 20: Actor Will Ferrell’s production company is branching out into television with a comedy for HBO called P.E. Ferrell and Adam McKay, his partner in Gary Sanchez Prods, reportedly shopped the series around to various broadcast and …

LONDON, September 20: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and the Canadian independent producer Insight Productions Company have concluded a mutual first look agreement. The deal will grant FME a first look at Insight Productions projects; while Insight will have the first option …

HONG KONG, September 20: Indonesian broadcaster Indosiar (PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri) will premiere a locally produced version of Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) U.S. sitcom The Nanny on September 25, 2006. The Indonesian show, called Si Neny, is SPTI’s first …

BEVERLY HILLS, September 20: Liberty Media Corporation has completed the first stage of its acquisition of IDT's entertainment division, including a stake in Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment Inc. Now IDT and Liberty will work together in the distribution and development …

CENTURY CITY, September 20: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) is launching FOXFAITH, a new branded distribution label to house its growing portfolio of faith-based programming. This new brand is targeted at Christian retailers as well as churches and ministry …

BURBANK, September 20: The Walt Disney Company predicts it will sell some $50 million worth of movies in the first year of its partnership with Apple Computer’s iTunes Music Store. In less than a week since Disney made available movies …

MEXICO CITY, September 19: Twentieth Television has licensed the format of La Heredera (The Heiress), one of TV Azteca’s most successful telenovelas, and will adapt it in English for MyNetworkTV in the U.S. TV Azteca’s La Heredera tells the story …

SILVER SPRING, September 19: Discovery Communications announced it is expanding its collection of content on Google Earth, adding over 150 video segments for destinations around the globe. This expansion follows the April 2006 announcement of Discovery being the first provider …

BURBANK, September 19: Warner Music Group (WMG) and the online video-sharing website YouTube have signed a deal that allows WMG’s catalogue to be distributed online. According to the agreement, YouTube has the right to show WMG’s library of music videos, …

MEXICO CITY, September 19: Grupo Televisa has announced that it will not be making another bid for Univision Communications, the Spanish-language broadcaster in the U.S. Over the last week there have been reports in the media that Televisa was considering …