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LONDON/CULVER CITY: Channel 4 has signed on for the U.K. broadcast rights to the new Sony Pictures Television series Charlie’s Angels to air on E4. The series is a remake based on the original ’70s TV show. Charlie’s Angels is …

MIAMI: Discovery Familia is set to bring the Spanish-language version of Artzooka!, co-produced with CCI Entertainment, to U.S. Hispanic audiences starting this month. The 26×30-minute Spanish-language series produced in partnership with CCI will premiere August 22 and air Monday through …

HONG KONG: AsiaSat has made Dr. Ya-Hui Chiu the advisor to the president and CEO of the company, following his recent retirement from the VP of technical operations position. Chiu will continue to oversee the launch of AsiaSat 7 scheduled …

TORONTO: Reeshma Esmail has been promoted to VP and head of digital ad sales for BBC.com and Lonelyplanet.com to work from the BBC Worldwide Canada office. Esmail will report to Mark Gall, the executive VP of BBC North America ad …

PREMIUM: Lisa Erspamer, the executive VP of production and development at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, tells World Screen Newsflash that the cable channel’s fall schedule is "looking very bright and shiny."   Erspamer, a 15-year veteran of Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, …

MADRID: Zinkia Entertainment has signed an agreement that grants the global music rights, excluding Spain and the U.K., for the animated series Pocoyo to EMI Music Publishing. EMI Music Publishing will administer all music rights for Pocoyo’s theme music, incidental …

BETHPAGE: Cablevision Systems Corp. has unveiled a new Optimum App for the iPhone and iPod touch that brings more than 300 channels of live TV and thousands of VOD titles to the devices, following on the launch of its dedicated …

CULVER CITY: The Sony Movie Channel is honoring Bollywood with a week-long “best of” series, Bollywood Masala, to air November 6 to 12. Bollywood Masala will offer popular Bollywood films of the past 30 years, featuring the stars Amitabh Bachchan, …

LONDON: A new round of commissions have been made by BBC Worldwide Channels for its portfolio of networks, with 112 hours of new content coming for 2011, including the murder mystery Dripping in Chocolate. In 2010, BBC Worldwide Channels commissioned 34 hours, …

LONDON: Power has promoted Susan Waddell, the head of business affairs, to interim CEO, following the departure of Danny Goldman. New owners Sabido Investments selected Waddell based on her knowledge of Power. Power has made recent deals with TMG, GK-tv …