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BURBANK: The ABC Television Network has unveiled the upcoming highlights of its November sweeps programming, including special Halloween- and Thanksgiving-themed episodes of some of its hit series, award shows and Jimmy Kimmel Live. To celebrate Halloween, the classic animated Peanuts …

SANTA MONICA: VH1 is expanding on its Basketball Wives franchise with the new series Baseball Wives, debuting November 30. The cast of Baseball Wives includes Anna Benson, the wife of Arizona pitcher Kris Benson; Tanya Grace, the ex-wife of retired …

MUMBAI: Turner International has named Vivek Bahl the chief content officer for India, to be based in the Mumbai office. In this newly created position, Bahl will oversee the content strategy and development for Turner’s portfolio of entertainment brands in …

LONDON: Target Entertainment founder Alison Rayson has stepped down from her position as CEO, with Emmanuelle Namiech appointed to the managing director position. Rayson, who had been with the company for 13 years, decided to leave to explore new ventures, …

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media has made Joel K. Savitt the VP of production and operations. Savitt will oversee all elements of production operations for Oxygen’s current programming and development, including budgeting, scheduling, post-production management, legal, travel and other logistical issues. …

PARIS: The Canal+ Group has entered into exclusive negotiations with ITI and the TVN Group "to create a strategic partnership in Poland." ITI Holdings, which owns a 56-percent share of TVN, is aligning with Vivendi’s Canal+ for the partnership talks. …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network is to air two new documentary specials on November 27 on the topic of transgender people: Being Chaz, which chronicles Chaz Bono’s transformation, and I Am Jazz: A Family in Transition, following a …

MUNICH: Sky Deutschland and Tele München Group (TMG) have signed a new agreement for a package of film rights, with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and the action comedy Red among the titles included in the deal. By …

NEW YORK: AMC has ordered a third season of The Walking Dead, which is currently drawing more adults in the 18-to-49 demo in its second season than any other basic cable drama in television history, and continues to break records …

DOHA: Miramax is launching its eXperience App on Facebook for the Middle East, in the markets of Qatar, UAE and Egypt, CEO Mike Lang announced today in a blog post. Facebook users in Qatar, UAE and Egypt can now access …