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Article: Peace Arch Entertainment and Showtime Networks to Distribute ``The Tudors,'' a New Dramatic Series Based on Young Henry VIII.
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- Business Wire
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- April 20, 2006
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TORONTO -- Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX:PAE) (TSX:PAE), one of North America's fastest-growing independent film and television companies, announced today the successful completion of an agreement with cable television leader Showtime Networks, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation (CBS), for the distribution of a new dramatic series based on the life of King Henry VIII.
Under the agreement, Peace Arch Entertainment and Eire's TM Productions will co-produce "The Tudors." The ten-hour dramatic series, based on the life of the young King Henry, will be produced with the participation of Bord Scannan na hEireann/Irish Film Board, and with the ...