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LOS ANGELES: In an effort to develop scripted content for the network, E! Entertainment Television has created the new position of senior VP of scripted programming and appointed Kevin Plunkett to the role. E!’s newly created position follows the decision …

LOS ANGELES: At News Corp.’s annual shareholders meeting, more than a third of votes were cast against the re-election of chairman Rupert Murdoch’s sons James and Lachlan to the company’s board. James Murdoch, News Corp.’s deputy COO, received 433 million …

SINGAPORE: Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars (DWTS), ABC’s live weekly dance show, is to premiere on STAR World on November 19. Based on the BBC’s smash hit Strictly Come Dancing, the series features professional ballroom and Latin American …

LOS GATOS: Netflix’s third-quarter financial results showed a loss of 800,000 subscribers since last quarter, though revenue was up 49 percent, to $822 million, from 2010. Net income was $62 million for the quarter, a gain of 63 percent from …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats has signed its first broadcast deal in Asia, for its hit game show Upgrade with South Korean network Channel A. A local version of Upgrade for Channel A will be produced by Box Media Productions to …

AUCKLAND: Starting November 14, season two of the preschool hit series The WotWots, a Pukeko Pictures production, will air daily on TVNZ Kidzone24. The WotWots, which launched in 2009, is now being broadcast in 90 territories across the world, including …

LONDON: For the first time on iTunes, all episodes of the BBC Worldwide series The Office are available to purchase and download in the U.K., the U.S., Australia, Canada, France and Germany. The U.K. original series written by Ricky Gervais …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional’s novela My Heart Beats for Lola Volcan recently premiered in Romania, while The Queen of the South debuted in Armenia. My Heart Beats for Lola Volcan debuted in Romania on October 17 on channel Acasa TV and …

LONDON: The Syfy channel has picked up the exclusive U.K. television rights to Persons Unknown, a 13-part mystery drama series, from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The series, created by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects), who executive-produced …

LONDON: Abbey Home Media Group is partnering with Channel 5 to market and distribute a range of children’s DVDs and audio titles to promote the Milkshake! programming block. The first DVD, Music Box-Bop Box, launched in April 2011, features more …