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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, March 24: Grammy-winning artist Alicia Keys has teamed up with Dove for a new micro-series, Fresh Takes, which will debut during the season premiere of The Hills tonight at 10 p.m. on MTV. Fresh Takes will air as …

LOS ANGELES, March 24: CBS will definitively drop Jericho, a drama about the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, from its schedule, even though its was briefly returned to the network after a first cancellation last year. After the first season …

LOS ANGELES, March 24: Although the transition from analog to digital broadcasting in the U.S. will take place in less that a year, only six in ten Americans, or 80 million, are now aware of the scheduled change. By February …

TV Real Weekly, March 19, 2008 President and General Manager Animal Planet Media Animal Planet in the U.S. has recently undergone a massive re-branding, and leading its new efforts is Marjorie Kaplan, the president and general manager of Animal Planet …

TV Kids Weekly, March 18, 2008 ORIGIN: With the character of the Little King, Hedwig Munck has created a figure that reflects the daily life of little children and the challenges they are confronted with. His unconventional way of thinking …

World Screen Weekly, March 20, 2008 CEO MarVista Entertainment A couple of weeks ago, Fernando Szew, the CEO of MarVista Entertainment, signed up for Share Your Job Day at his daughter’s school. He and other parents had to tell the …

World Screen Weekly, March 20, 2008 LAUNCH DATE: September 7, 2007 COUNTRIES: Poland, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East. The channel just recently launched in the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore and Palau. Continuing through the summer and …

BOSTON, March 21: APT Worldwide’s lineup at this year’s MIPTV will include several new music-themed documentaries, including Dissonance and Harmony: Arabic Music Goes West, as well as a raft of other factual titles covering technology, current affairs, history and science. …

TORONTO, March 21: 9 Story Entertainment will screen the first five 22-minute episodes of the 2-D animated comedy Best Ed for international buyers at MIPTV. Targeted at kids aged 6 to 11, Best Ed features the unlikely friendship of a …

TORONTO, March 21: DECODE Enterprises heads to MIPTV with a diverse crop of new kids’ programming, including the new animated preschool-targeted series Animal Mechanicals. Produced for CBC in Canada by Halifax Film, a subsidiary of DECODE’s parent company DHX Media, …