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LONDON, July 20: HIT Entertainment has inked ten new broadcasting deals across Europe for its portfolio of preschool brands, including agreements with the BBC, YLE and SVT. In France, the Disney Channel took Bob the Builder, Barney and Thomas & …

LONDON, July 20: Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 and Discovery Channel in the U.S. to produce a two-hour docudrama on the 1993 siege in Waco, Texas. Inside Waco will chronicle what happened on April 19, 1993, …

LONDON, July 20: Granada International has licensed a number of its British mini-series to broadcasters in France, including TF1, which opted for Walk Away and I Stumble. M6 picked up If I Had You and Kindness of Strangers, while Canal …

GLASGOW, July 20: Claire Mundell and Justin Molotnikov, the executive producers of the BBC CGI/live-action hybrid Shoebox Zoo, have established Synchronicity Films in Scotland with a view to developing drama series and feature films. Mundell has over 15 years of …

LOS ANGELES, July 20: Blueprint Entertainment has tapped Ira Pincus to executive produce a slate of movies and series for the company, and has named a development and production consultant and a director of development. Pincus has produced numerous TV …

BURBANK, July 19: Subscribers to the online rental service Netflix will be offered an advance look at the premieres of the new NBC shows Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Kidnapped six weeks prior to their broadcast premiere dates. …

NEW YORK, July 19: Classic Media has named Andrew Perlman as VP of digital media to manage the mobile and online content distribution strategy for the company’s 3,000-plus titles. Perlman reports to Classic Media’s CEO, Eric Ellenbogen. He will manage …

MARINA DEL REY, July 19: The broadband on-demand content provider CinemaNow has launched a new service that allows consumers in the U.S. to legally download content and burn it to DVD, with deals in place with several Hollywood studios as …

NEW YORK, July 19: Dana Laufer is joining HIT Entertainment as VP of promotions to lead efforts to develop and implement national promotional campaigns based on the company’s portfolio of preschool brands. She is responsible for maximizing cross-promotional opportunities across …

NEW YORK, July 19: The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians—Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) union has reached a tentative three-year agreement with NBC Universal that increases wages, improves benefits and addresses job security issues for about 2,500 engineers, …