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World Screen Weekly, July 6, 2006 CHANNEL NAME: Disney Channel Italy YEAR IT LAUNCHED: 1998 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: 4 million on the SKY Italia satellite platform. OWNERSHIP: Walt Disney Television Italia, a division of The Walt Disney Company. DESCRIPTION: Like …

World Screen Weekly, July 6, 2006 Men admired his courage in movies like Breaker Morant and women swooned at his dashing behavior in the mini-series The Thorn Birds. Bryan Brown distinguished himself as an actor early in his career in …

CONTACT _Con-41598BC6419 c s l TV Kids Weekly, July 5, 2006 NAME: LazyTown ORIGIN: An original idea based on the books created by Magnús Scheving 12 years ago in his native Iceland. CREATORS: Magnús Scheving is a writer, athlete, entrepreneur …

LONDON, July 6: Distraction has promoted Nina Richardson to acquisitions manager from her previous role as acquisitions and sales coordinator. Richardson joined Distraction from the post-production outfit VTR Group in 2004. In addition to working with the sales team to …

SYDNEY, July 6: Australia’s Network Ten has appointed Damian Smith, currently the CEO of the Australian software company Nuix, to the newly-created role of general manager of digital media. “Damian has rich and varied experience in digital media, technology, senior …

LONDON, July 6: 3DD Productions has received a commission from Channel 4 and E4 for a second season of The Album Chart Show for a fall 2006 launch. 3DD will produce another 20-week run of the show, with each 30-minute …

UNTERFOEHRING, July 6: France’s CTI Chaulnes Textiles Industries has reached a deal with EM.Entertainment to develop bedding, pillow cases, hand towels and bath robes, among other products in the home textiles category, based on Tabaluga, which celebrates its ten-year anniversary …

HARRINGTON PARK, July 6: Janson Media will distribute two mountain-themed documentaries from British producer Slackjaw Film: Kilimanjaro: Going For Broke and Meltdown: In the Shadow of Nepal’s Lost Glaciers. Kilimanjaro: Going For Broke explores the lives of four climbers suffering …

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, July 6: STAR and MediaCorp Studios have entered into a co-production deal for Angel Lover, an HD drama series that will air in Taiwan and Singapore. The 40-episode love story will air on STAR Chinese Channel in Taiwan …

AMSTERDAM, July 6: Off the Fence and Paris-based Bonne Pioche, the producers of March of the Penguins, have entered into a co-production partnership that kicks off with the one-hour documentary The Mole. Utilizing interviews with scientists from France, Germany, Portugal …