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CULVER CITY, October 6: 3net is to debut three new original programs, including the adult drama series Scary Tales, the lost civilization series The Ancient Life and Indy 500: The Inside Line.   The Ancient Life (working title), premiering October …

TORONTO: Hot Docs has brought on Charlotte Cook as its new director of programming, joining from a post as the head of film programming at Frontline Club in London.  She will lead the programming team at Hot Docs that includes …

CANNES: activeTV Australia, the producer of the Amazing Race Australia series, has secured format rights in Australia and New Zealand for Mantracker from kelencontent.   Mantracker, currently in its seventh season on OLN in Canada, is now airing on Discovery …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel and the BBC are aligning for the co-production of the eight-part series History of the World, which seeks to provide the definitive account of human civilization.  The program, which uses CGI, dramatic reconstructions and footage from …

LOS ANGELES: Crackle, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s multiplatform video entertainment network, is to launch an app on Xbox Live this fall in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia featuring free full-length Hollywood movies and TV.   The app will be available …

CANNES: MIPCOM’s Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? session featured an engaging conversation between CTV’s Mike Cosentino, Sky’s Sarah Wright, Channel 5’s Jeff Ford, Televisa’s Carlos Sandoval and World Screen’s Anna Carugati about programming strategies, memorable negotiations, signature acquisitions, digital media …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has promoted Armando de Castro to the role of VP of finance from senior director of financial planning and analysis.   De Castro will be based in Silver Spring and will continue to report …

CANNES: MIPCOM ends in Cannes today with attendance figures at more than 12,500, Laurine Garaude, director of the television division, announced at a press conference this morning, including some 4,360 buyers, up from 12,400 attendees at last year’s market. Participants …

TORONTO: GlassBOX Television is re-launching its Travel+Escape channel on November 1 to feature new programming in prime time and is offering a free three-month preview through January 31, 2012.   Travel+Escape has a new logo and look developed by Mighty, …

LONDON: In a bid to reach savings of about £670 million annually by 2016/17, the BBC has announced a number of measures, including axing about 2,000 jobs across the organization. The proposed cost-cuts by BBC management come in the wake of …