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LONDON: Champion inline skater Taïg Khris is to front six hour-long specials for Chello Zone’s Extreme Sports Channel. Taïg Khris: Extreme Adventure is co-produced by Extreme Sports Channel and Puzzle Media. Taïg Khris made headlines last year when he attempted …

LONDON: Lord Alli is stepping down as chairman of Chorion, owner of the Noddy and Mr. Men brands, after reportedly failing to renegotiate deals that would alleviate the firm’s debts. Deputy chairman William Astor has also resigned. Alli and Astor …

TORONTO: The Global Television original series Bomb Girls, starring Meg Tilly, is to begin production in Toronto on September 12, with Muse Distribution International to handle global sales. The series, scheduled to premiere in January 2012, was commissioned by Shaw …

LONDON: Chellomedia has acquired a 40-percent stake in OBN, the leading free-to-air broadcaster in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chellomedia’s operations in Central Europe current has a portfolio of 13 channels, as well as an ad sales business (At Media). OBN, headquartered …

TORONTO: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has made an investment of C$3.4 Million in 16 projects through its 2011-12 English Point-of-View (POV) Program, designed to encourage documentary production. The CMF received 49 applications for the English POV Program and approved 16 …

TORONTO/LONDON/NEW YORK: Nickelodeon Consumer Products Canada is to exclusively represent the Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) portfolio for licensing and merchandising in the region, starting this October. The Toronto-based office will take over responsibility for brands such as Nickelodeon, MTV …

LONDON: Dave is revitalizing the debate format Argumental, with Sean Lock replacing John Sergeant as the host, and dual-screen interactivity as part of the fourth season. Lock (8 out of 10 Cats, QI) will host, while Robert Webb (Peep Show, …

BURBANK: To promote the upcoming launch of ABC’s Pan Am, select malls across the U.S. will be featuring a special booth that recreates a first-class cabin from a 1960s-inspired Pan Am plane. Starting August 26, four malls across the U.S. …

CULVER CITY: 3net has lined up a kids’ 3D programming block, which will feature more than 30 hours of exclusive native 3D content at launch. The 26×30-minute animated robot series Bolts & Blip, produced by ToonBox Entertainment and South Korea’s …

HONG KONG: Google, Skynindo and Telstra are among the new digital players to recently join CASBAA as corporate members. The Bollywood content provider Hungama Digital Media, Australian satellite services provider NewSat and tech company Ali Corporation in Taiwan are newly …