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NEW YORK, September 19: Nickelodeon will go off the air for three hours on September 30 to celebrate its third annual Worldwide Day of Play, part of its “Let’s Just Play” campaign that encourages children to have active and healthy …

LONDON, September 19: Zonemedia’s Zone Reality channel will be launching its first original series Psychic Private Eyes. Psychic Private Eyes will consist of 15 one-hour episodes and is a co-production between Zonemedia and the British company IPM. The series is …

LONDON, September 19: Granada International has picked up the distribution rights to Company Pictures’ new adaptation of Mansfield Park. This new version of Jane Austen’s classic tale of love, betrayal and the agonies of the Regency class system, adapted by …

LONDON/AMSTERDAM, September 19: chellomedia’s pay-TV service in the Netherlands, Film1, has signed multi-year agreements with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV). In the first of two deals, Film1 acquired the rights to movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax …

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 …

DULLES/SANTA CLARA, September 18: AOL and Intel Corporation are working together to provide the AOL Video service on Intel’s Viiv technology-based PCs, allowing consumers to search for videos, download them and then view them on TV. This joint venture delivers …

NEW YORK, September 18: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has announced ParentsConnect.com, a site developed exclusively for parents and caregivers of kids of all ages. ParentsConnect is a new online community where parents can communicate with each other and seek …

SINGAPORE, September 18: VIJAY, one of India's most popular Tamil-language entertainment channels, will be launching on the Singaporean pay-TV platform StarHub Digital Cable. VIJAY will be accessible round-the-clock on channel 28. Its schedule will consist of a variety of programming …

SYDNEY, September 18: Southern Star International has sold the 2005 season of the travel show Getaway to Discovery Travel and Living Asia. Getaway, now in its 11th season, is produced by Nine Network Australia and brings armchair travelers the latest …