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NEW YORK/WARSAW: Sundance Channel Global has launched an HD video-on-demand service in Poland on UPC Polska, with titles such as The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as well as the music series London Live. Indie films such as Screw Cupid, Uncle …

PARIS: PGS Entertainment’s Invisible Network of Kids (I.N.K.) has scored new deals in territories such as the Middle East, Turkey, Ireland and Kosovo. The show is headed to MBC3 in the Middle East, ATV’s Minika in Turkey and TG4 in …

LONDON: Joss Duffield has been appointed head of international sales at Entertainment One (eOne) Family. Duffield will be based in eOne’s London office and will report to Olivier Dumont, the managing director of Entertainment One Family. She will be responsible …

PARIS: Nelonen Finland has commissioned Solar Television, a Banijay Group company, to produce the game show Faces to air in early 2012. Solar Television will produce 14 one-hour episodes of the game show. Faces is a quiz show format in …

NEW YORK: Alexandra Smith and Ayn Prince have been made directors of programming for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, respectively, following appointments made by Crown Media Family Networks. Crown Media Family Networks is a division of parent company Crown …

BUENOS AIRES/LONDON: Production has begun on Violetta, the first original live-action series created by Disney Channel Latin America and Disney Channels Europe, Middle East and Africa. Violetta is about a teenager who returns to her native Buenos Aires and finds …

LONDON: Electric Sky has secured a range of deals across Scandinavia and Canada, scoring sales on titles such as Guilty Pleasures and Children of the Revolution. TV Ontario in Canada has picked up My Street. The documentary special is from …

LONDON: Following a carriage agreement with UPC Ireland, Food Network has launched in Ireland to all UPC digital subscribers as of today. UPC Ireland subscribers will now have access to programs such as Chopped, Barefoot Contessa with Ina Garten, Food …

SANTA MONICA: Ovation has secured a number of documentaries from distributors in the U.K., including seven from BBC Worldwide. Ovation picked up seven documentaries from BBC Worldwide, including the U.S. premiere rights to Princess Diana: Her Life in Jewels and …

MUNICH: Telepool has picked up the worldwide distribution rights for Dreamtool Entertainment’s Hunt for the Amber Room (Die Jagd nach dem Bernsteinzimmer). The deal follows the success of the international breakout hits The Charlemagne Code and The Spear of Destiny. …