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World Screen Weekly, March 15, 2007 Director of International Sales TPI Ron Alexander may be celebrating his 12th year at TeleProductions International (TPI) as the director of international sales, but he has been selling programming to worldwide buyers for 20 …

World Screen Weekly, March 15, 2007 COUNTRY: Canada LAUNCH DATE: The French-language service launched on September 8, 1997. The English-language service launched on October 17, 1997. DISTRIBUTION: Available in more that 7 million homes in Canada and reaches over 3 …

KNOXVILLE, March 19: Former Yahoo! executive Deanna Brown has joined Scripps Networks to assume the role of president of the interactive group, a newly created position at the lifestyle media company. Most recently, Brown served as the general manager of …

EKATERINBURG, March 19: Russian distributor Studio U7 has licensed the fourth season of The Most Extreme series, originally broadcast on Animal Planet in the U.S., to the Russian national broadcaster TNT. The series, which was produced by New Zealand-based NHNZ, …

LOS ANGELES, March 19: The online resource ModernMom.com has announced the soft launch of Modern Mom TV, a new online channel providing advice for busy mothers. Modern Mom TV has notched up more than 5,000 views since its March 7 …

BRISTOL, March 19: In a deal brokered by its global mobile agent Crucible Media, Aardman Animations has appointed Player X to represent its mobile video content in North America. Player X will launch mobile video content from the acclaimed British …

LOS ANGELES, March 19: The new half-hour game show Let’s Play Crosswords from Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE), William Morris Agency and Program Partners has cleared in over 65 percent of the U.S. for a syndication launch in the fall. Following …

WASHINGTON, March 19: AmericanLife TV Networks, the only independent network devoted to the U.S. “Baby Boomer” generation, is making its documentary, A Journey to Darfur, available for international distribution, with a deal already closed with France 2. The documentary premiered …

LONDON, March 19: VH1 Latin America has acquired the 8×46-minute reality series Celebrity Fit Club USA from Granada International for launch today in Mexico and Argentina, with broadcast in Brazil to follow later this year. The most recent season of …

SYDNEY, March 19: Canada’s TVOntario has acquired the second season of the award-winning “animal soap opera” Meerkat Manor as well as the one-hour wildlife special Leopard Man of Ngala from Southern Star International. Produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal …