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World Screen Weekly, August 24, 2006 CHANNEL: ImaginAsian TV (iaTV), U.S. LAUNCH DATE: August 2004 OWNERSHIP: ImaginAsian Entertainment, a privately-owned entity that also operates iaRadio, a cinema in New York named The ImaginAsian—with plans to launch a second theater in …

World Screen Weekly, August 24, 2006 VP, Programming and Sales Lionsgate International Television Some people enter the television business by chance and happenstance. Others know deep down inside that they are pre-destined for it. Craig Cegielski is part of the …

SYDNEY, August 24: ABC Enterprises has tapped former Nickelodeon Australia executive Katie Cordes to fill the newly created position of manager of product and content development. Cordes will provide a central point of contact for producers and content developers who …

BURBANK, August 24: Ken Werner has been tapped to succeed Dick Robertson as the new president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. Werner has spent the last nine years overseeing network distribution for The WB and was part of the …

LONDON, August 24: Granada International has acquired the international distribution rights to Inside Criminal Minds: Conmen, a new documentary special from the Manchester-based independent Turn On Television. The 52-minute special uncovers four of the most complex and shocking “con” stories …

WASHINGTON D.C./LONDON, August 24: National Geographic Channels International and National Geographic Channel in the U.S. have commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to produce a third season of Seconds from Disaster. The 13×1-hour series is filmed in HD, investigating some of the …

LONDON, August 24: Andrew Brann, the former commercial director of The Television Corporation, has joined forces with Vivian McGrath, the former managing director of RedBack Films, to launch an independent outfit that has already clinched a U.S. representation deal with …

STOCKHOLM, August 24: NonStop Television has signed a new long-term agreement with Fireworks International for the Primetime Emmy Awards. The deal gives the Star! entertainment channel the exclusive rights to broadcast the event for the next three years in Scandinavia, …

HONG KONG, August 24: Endemol has inked game show format deals in Hong Kong with the terrestrials TVB and ATV. ATV has ordered over 60 episodes of 1 vs. 100. The show is due to launch at the end of …

LONDON, August 24: Fremantle International Distribution (FID) has licensed more than 50 hours of programming to SKAI TV in Greece, which relaunched this April after an eight-year absence. Factual properties in the deal include Prehistoric Park, Nigel Marven’s Animal Detectives, …