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World Screen Weekly, July 19, 2007 COUNTRY: Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro LAUNCH DATE: 1999 in Hungary; 2001 in Romania; 2004 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; 2007 in Serbia, …

NEW YORK, July 20: Viacom’s BET Networks has made a series of new appointments for its senior team, including Scott Mills as president and COO of the company. Based in Washington, D.C., Mills will report directly to Debra Lee, the …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS, July 20: The French animation studio Alphanim has appointed Al Ovadia & Associates as the U.S. distribution and licensing agent for the animated series Galactik Football. Under the deal, Al Ovadia & Associates has been granted the rights …

LONDON, July 20: Granada International has sold the live-action tween drama Darcy’s Wildlife to Turner Broadcasting System’s (TBS) Boomerang channel in Latin America. The first and second seasons of the series have already begun to air in the region on …

LONDON/NEW YORK, July 20: HIT Entertainment has announced the signing of Pierce Brosnan as the new voice of the narrator for Thomas & Friends. “To say we are thrilled that Pierce Brosnan is the new narrator of Thomas & Friends …

MONTREAL, July 20: Just for Laughs, a distributor of light entertainment comedy television programming, has announced that it will partner with Achilles Media in launching The World Comedy Conference as part of the two-day Just For Laughs Festival in July …

NEW YORK, July 20: Cable channel AMC launched its first original drama series, Mad Men, today on the iTunes Store, following its television premiere last night. The show, created by Matthew Weiner, an Emmy-Award winning executive producer and writer of …

TORONTO, July 20: More than 400 international broadcasters, producers and distributors from 20-plus countries are expected to attend the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers’ (WCSFP) 15th annual conference in New York City, November 26-29. Last year’s edition in …

NEW YORK/PLAINVIEW, July 20: The National Hockey League (NHL) has tapped NeuLion to power its new online video portal, which will offer live hockey games and is scheduled to rollout at the start of the 2007-08 season. The new NHL …

SINGAPORE, July 20: Singapore Telecommunications has launched mio TV, a new pay-TV service featuring 24 linear channels, including new offerings from VOOM and the BBC, and video on demand content such as a host of feature films from Sony Pictures …