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NEW YORK: Next month Hallmark Channel is set to launch Walden Family Theater, a new Friday night destination for family movies, created by Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Walden Media and ARC Entertainment. The appointment-viewing franchise will kick off on Friday, …

CENTURY CITY: Rosalind Nowicki, who spent 11 years as the executive VP of global marketing and licensing at 4Kids Entertainment, has joined Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products as the executive VP of global sales and retail. This appointment marks a …

TORONTO: This March Temple Street Productions’ new series Orphan Black and The Next Step are slated to make their debut, while Wingin’ It is returning for a third season in Canada and premiering its first season in the U.S. Starring …

LONDON: Talent from the new drama series Low Winter Sun, a co-production between Endemol Studios and AMC Studios, and the comedian and talk-show host Steve Harvey are coming to MIPTV as guests of Endemol. The actors Mark Strong (Zero Dark Thirty) …

LOS ANGELES: NATPE has announced the representatives for its new Digital Advisory Board, which is meant to help create a broader digital content presence. The new members are Rob Barnett, the founder and CEO of My Damn Channel; Jason Hirschhorn, the …

NEW YORK: The WorldScreen.com DISCOP West Asia/Pre-MIPTV 2013 preview site provides you with a number of useful services in one location. Visit it here. The preview site includes a video interview with Tom Fontana, as well as Q&As with ITV’s …

LOS ANGELES: The level of pre-registrations for DISCOP West Asia has already exceeded last year’s figures, putting the market on pace to welcome a 20-percent increase in attendance. Expanded market and networking areas are expected to host more than 150 …

SYDNEY: This MIPTV Beyond Distribution plans to present 100 hours of programming produced by Beyond Productions, Beyond Action and Beyond Screen Production. Titles include the 6×1-hour social documentary series Hidden in America—produced for Destination America—which focuses on secretive subcultures in …

EL SEGUNDO: One out of every four television sets that was shipped worldwide in 2012 was a smart TV, according to IHS Screen Digest, which forecasts rapid sales growth that will see Internet-connected sets representing half of the market by 2015. …

NEW YORK: The third edition of DISCOP West Asia, which is to take place from March 5 to 7 at the Ceylan InterContinental Hotel in Istanbul, is set to welcome more than 750 delegates and is already pacing for a …