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TORONTO: Milt Avruskin, who was the voice of Superstars of Wrestling in the 1970s and International Wrestling in the ’80s, passed away last week at the age of 64. In addition to his credits as part of Canadian Pro Wrestling, …

LONDON: Passion Distribution is heading to DISCOP with all-new episodes of Meteorite Men, which recently scored a third-season pickup from Science Channel. The show, produced by LMNO Productions, has eight new hour-long episodes in its third season, which Passion will …

NEW YORK: The number of American relying solely on over-the-air TV signals has risen to almost 46 million from 42 million a year ago, reports Knowledge Networks, accounting for 15 percent of TV homes. The data differs considerably from a survey released by …

SYDNEY: Shine Australia has been tapped to produce the hit format Wife Swap for the Australian market, with XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle YOU channel to air the local version of the Zodiak Rights series. Wife Swap has been produced in the U.K. …

LOS ANGELES: A fifth season is in the works for the hit VH1 reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, this time featuring Michael Lohan, baseball star Dwight "Doc" Gooden and Steven Adler from Guns ‘n Roses, among others. The …

SAN DIEGO: Suzy’s Zoo Studios is to launch an interactive web environment to showcase its brands—Suzy’s Zoo, Little Suzy’s Zoo and Wags and Whiskers—in a variety of interactive games, books, fan clubs, blogs and more. The Suzy’s Zoo brands focus …

NEW YORK: HBO Documentary Films has picked up the U.S. TV rights to Vinyl Films’ The Union, directed by Cameron Crowe and chronicling the collaboration between Elton John and Leon Russell. The Union looks at the creative life of John and …

PREMIUM: Markus Tellenbach, the president and CEO of Poland’s TVN Group, discusses what have been the drivers of the company’s success across TV broadcasting and production, digital satellite pay TV and online.   WS: What factors have contributed to Poland’s …

MONTE-CARLO: The 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival kicked off today, with the opening film When Harvey Met Bob, which tells the story of how the charity musical event Live Aid was created. The film’s producer, Joe Dunlop, was among the attendees …

TORONTO: The Banff World Media Festival is presenting South African investigative journalist Liz Fish with the inaugural David Suzuki Green Producer Award. The award has been renamed this year in honor of Dr. David Suzuki, the long-time host of CBC’s …