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TV Real Weekly, March 12, 2008 Head of Factual Acquisitions and Co-Productions Granada International Richard Life spent several years early in his career working for some of the top independent production companies in the U.K.: September Films and Wall to …

World Screen Weekly, March 13, 2008 Director of the Television Division Reed MIDEM Reed MIDEM has assembled a diverse array of keynotes for MIPDOC and MIPTV featuring MILIA this year, drawn from all corners of the TV business. From April …

World Screen Weekly, March 13, 2008 COUNTRY: Israel LAUNCH DATE: January 28, 2002 DESCRIPTION: The 24/7 channel is one of only two commercial broadcasting stations licensed in Israel, and offers up a mix of news, reality, drama, documentary, comedy and …

LONDON, March 17: Channel 4 International (C4i) has bulked up its sales and acquisitions teams with several new hires and the promotion of Patrick Roberts to VP of international sales. Roberts will be responsible for sales to the U.S. and …

NEW YORK, March 17: Lifetime Networks has named OMD’s managing director, Debbie Richman, to the position of executive VP of ad sales. Beginning April 1, Richman will oversee all ad sales for Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women …

LONDON, March 17: News Corporation has appointed Matthew Anderson as the group director of strategy and corporate affairs for Europe and Asia, effective April 15. In his new role, Anderson will pursue a wide remit supporting the operations of the …

VANCOUVER, March 17: Nerd Corps Entertainment’s 3-D animated series Storm Hawks has been picked up by the U.K.-based free-to-air broadcaster GMTV. The 52×30-minute series will launch mid-March, starting with back-to-back episodes each weekday morning on GMTV’s Action Stations block and …

SYDNEY, March 17: VMMA Belgium has picked up 240 half-hour episodes of Out of the Blue, a drama series produced by Southern Star Entertainment in association with the BBC. The series is set in the beach resort of Manly, Australia, …

HONG KONG, March 17: Celestial Pictures will release Behind the Yellow Line, from its Shaw Brothers film library, in the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format this April. This release marks the first of Celestial’s Shaw Brothers films to be launched in …

BUENOS AIRES, March 17: Telefe International announced that Reyes del juego, the Russian version of its fiction format Pretenders, has successfully debuted on CTC. Reyes del juego currently airs from Monday through Thursday at 9 p.m. The debut of Reyes …