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NEW YORK/SARATOGA: The Roku streaming platform now offers instant access to more than 1,400 titles for streaming on TV, including HBO shows such as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and True Blood. HBO GO has joined Roku’s growing collection of entertainment channels. The …

SÃO PAULO: DISH Network in the U.S. now offers TV Globo Internacional’s Portuguese-language channel via IPTV. TV Globo Internacional provides news, exclusive programming, live sports, telenovelas, mini-series, kids’ shows and more. The 24-hour channel has more than 580,000 premium subscribers …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has scored a number of sales for Dynamo: Magician Impossible, whose eponymous host was on hand in Cannes performing some of his tricks. A pan-European deal was secured with Discovery Networks Europe for the show, excluding the …

PARIS: Novavision has inked an agreement with Shanghai Media Group for the exclusive distribution in China of the candid-camera comedy clip show PopCorn TV. The deal with Shanghai Media Group makes China the 111th country to secure the series. Negotiations …

CANNES: BBC Worldwide has licensed the reality format The Week the Women Went to Made in Morocco Films for Moroccan state broadcaster 2M TV. The Moroccan Arabic title of the local version translates to Madam Goes Travelling, which will air …

HOLLYWOOD: Twentieth Century Fox Television has promoted entertainment marketing executive Jeffrey Godsick to president of Fox Consumer Products. Godsick, who will report to Twentieth Century Fox chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden, will oversee the worldwide licensing of Fox’s film …

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios America has named Jane Yusim the executive director of development. Yusim will work with the development team of Bruce Robertson, the senior VP of creative strategy, to create new programming for U.S. broadcast and cable networks. …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications has appointed former NBCUniversal exec Jean-Briac Perrette to the position of chief digital officer. Perrette most recently served as the president of digital and affiliate distribution and content distribution strategy for NBCUniversal. In his new position, …

LONDON: Outdoor Channel and Chello Zone have launched the HD service in Portugal on triple-play operator ZON Multimédia. The channel’s deal with Portugal marks the 36th territory to launch Outdoor Channel since the joint venture with Chello Zone was signed …

TORONTO: OMNI Television, The Biography Channel and Citytv are honoring Canada’s most outstanding individuals with the 12-part original biographical series Extraordinary Canadians. The series will air Sundays on Citytv, starting October 23, and on The Biography Channel, airing Saturdays and …