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LONDON/NEW YORK, June 27: Breakthrough Interactive Group (BIG) has chosen the IPTV outfit Narrowstep’s telvOS technology to power its martial arts-themed broadband TV portal, MAC Experience. Launching July 7, the multiple-channel broadband site is aimed at the some 120 million …

DUBAI/LONDON, June 27: Digital rights content aggregator Media Gateway has reached a deal with BBC Motion Gallery to bring the best content from the public broadcaster’s last 60 years to mobile phone users in Europe and the Middle East. The …

LONDON, June 27: Author J.K. Rowling revealed that at least two characters will die in the seventh and final book of her Harry Potter series. “The final chapter is hidden away, although it's now changed very slightly,” Rowling told Britain’s …

NASHVILLE, June 27: Amity Entertainment, the worldwide merchandising and licensing rights-holder of The Big Comfy Couch, has granted Genius Products the U.S. DVD and audio distribution rights to 100 episodes of the preschool program. The agreement includes the current season …

BOSTON, June 27: APT Worldwide has inked DVD, broadcast, VOD and videogram deals for the WTTW National Productions, series CEO Exchange in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. The series offers insight into the lives of some of the world’s most …

BRIGHTON, June 26: Expanding upon its recently announced acquisition of 120 hours of programming, Electric Sky has taken on a slate of new properties ahead of Sunny Side of the Doc. Doggie Day Care from Screaming Flea in the U.S. …

TORONTO, June 26: Global Television has renewed the original prime-time series From the Ground up With Debbie Travis for a second season. The show, which will begin production on the new season in September, follows television personality Travis and her …

LONDON, June 26: BBC One has commissioned Lion Television to produce the documentary Great British Summer, looking at beloved summer traditions. Narrated by long-time British gardening television host Alan Titchmarsh, the four-part series travels across the U.K. to examine some …

TORONTO, June 26: HGTV in the U.S. has picked up the first season of the Canadian lifestyle program Kitchen Crimes from Picture Box Distribution, with an option to acquire further episodes. The series from Winnipeg’s Frantic Films, set to premiere …

BRISTOL, June 26: Five has commissioned Tigress Productions to produce six additional episodes of the series Austin Stevens Adventures for broadcast on the station this summer. The show follows the adventures of the eponymous South African herpetologist as he confronts …