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MANILA, February 2: GMA Worldwide is supplying a minimum of 350 hours of locally produced programs and 25 feature films to FOX International Channels (FIC) for its cable services this year.
LOS ANGELES, February 2: Showtime has ordered additional seasons of Shameless, House of Lies and Californication for its Sunday night lineup.
LONDON, February 2: HISTORY, A+E Networks UK and BSkyB have commissioned the new documentary series Grave Trade from ITV Studios.
LONDON, February 2: Channel 4 has commissioned Crackit Productions to produce You Deserve This House, a new property makeover series hosted by Amanda Lamb.
LONDON, February 2: RTL Group and Virgin Media have joined Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the U.K., as its first associate members.
LONDON, February 2: Starting today, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies are available through TrueVisions in Thailand.
LONDON, February 2: A+E Networks UK and BSkyB have expanded the Crime & Investigation Network brand in Poland by launching on the DTH platform ‘n.’
TORONTO, February 2: Cartoon Network and Adult Swim are heading to Canadian television later this year, following a partnership between TELETOON Canada and Turner Broadcasting System.
LONDON, February 2: Dynamo: Magician Impossible has been given an order for two more seasons by Watch, as part of an exclusive talent deal that UKTV has with the famed magician.
MIAMI, February 2: MP & Silva and Globo TV Sports have signed a deal for the international distribution rights for Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A (Brazilian League Série A) and Campeonato Paulista.
MEXICO CITY, February 2: Televisa and Cartoon Network are co-producing the live-action series CQ.
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2: Parthenon Entertainment has been commissioned by the National Geographic Channel to produce Light the Ocean, a one-hour HD special to premiere in spring 2012.
LONDON/OSLO, February 2: The Chinese children’s channel Toonmax is adapting the international game show Blobo, which it picked up from Nordic World, for a local version to air in the second half of 2012.
HONG KONG/LOS ANGELES, February 2: A new office for Saban Capital Group has been set up in Hong Kong, to be led by Sumeet Jaisinghani, who has relocated from the company's Los Angeles post.
NEW YORK, February 2: Asia TV USA has named Timothy Boell as the group head of distribution for the company.
BEVERLY HILLS, February 2: A2E2, a joint venture between A Squared Entertainment and Tata Elxsi, has named Harish Seth the chief financial officer, while Mary Moore Kean has been appointed as licensing director.
PREMIUM, February 1: Original content, shorter windows on imported shows and driving HD and DVR rollouts are key to increasing Middle Eastern pay-TV platform OSN’s subscriber base, its CEO, David Butorac, tells World Screen Newsflash.
BURBANK/MUMBAI, February 1: The Walt Disney Company is taking a controlling interest in the Indian entertainment outfit UTV Software Communications, with plans to integrate the operations of the two companies.
TOKYO, February 1: Kazuo Hirai is taking over as the president and CEO of Sony Corporation, while Howard Stringer moves into the role of chairman of the board of directors in June.
BONN, February 1: Deutsche Welle (DW) has revised its TV program and online presence to reinforce its position in the international media landscape, Guido Baumhauer, DW’s managing director of distribution, marketing and strategy, tells World Screen Newsflash.
OAKBROOK TERRACE, February 1: Coinstar, owner of the Redbox movie-rental kiosks, has decided not to renew its contract with Warner Bros., which had imposed a 56-day delay for access to DVDs and Blu-ray disks.
LONDON, February 1: Endemol is reorganizing its international sports business, as co-managing directors Gregg Oldfield and Lawrence Duffy exit the group.
TEL AVIV, February 1: The CW network in the U.S. has placed a pilot order for Joey Dakota, a new series based on Armoza Formats’ Danny Hollywood.
LONDON, February 1: Zodiak Rights has signed a two-year development deal with Asylum Entertainment.
NEW YORK, February 1: Viacom International Media Networks has landed a raft of new deals for the animated Nickelodeon comedy series Fanboy & Chum Chum.
ABU DHABI, February 1: twofour54 has secured new international broadcast deals for its children’s series Driver Dan’s Story Train.
LOS ANGELES, February 1: Mnet, the U.S. network targeting Asian Americans, is now available 24 hours a day to Verizon FiOS subscribers and is replacing the Soundtrack Channel.
LONDON, January 31: BSkyB, which posted strong half-year profits, is planning to launch a new Internet TV service, positioned as an alternative for people who don't currently subscribe to pay TV.
PREMIUM, January 31: William Graff, the VP of programming for BBC Worldwide Channels Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, talks to World Screen Newsflash about scheduling the Spanish-language CBeebies service.
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, January 31: Clear Channel has acquired a minority stake in Ryan Seacrest Productions, which is behind the hit Kardashians franchise as well as a number of other reality shows.
