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CULVER CITY: Carlos Gutierrez has been tapped to fill the newly created post of VP of business affairs and legal at the 3D network 3net, joining the team as of June 1. Gutierrez will be based at the network’s corporate …

EL SEGUNDO: Effective June 1, DIRECTV’s entertainment channel The 101 Network, the new home of the Glenn Close drama Damages, will be known as Audience Network. Accessible in 19.4 million homes, the channel aims to deliver content that can’t be found …

LONDON: The three-part series Making Faces, which debuted earlier this month on BBC, is getting its international launch at DISCOP with Passion Distribution. The 3×1-hour program is produced by Landmark Films. Making Faces looks at babies and children with life-threatening …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has signed on as a co-production partner and international distributor on a new documentary about the engineers below the decks of the Titanic, to be available in time for the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking next year. …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment’s new comedy Single White Spenny, starring Spencer Rice from Kenny vs. Spenny, is launching June 2 on Showcase Canada, taking a 9:30 p.m. slot as part of the network’s comedy lineup. Rice stars in this comedy of …

COLOGNE/MUNICH: Studio100 Media and production company mielke nowak media have aligned to produce a TV stage show for the property Maya the Bee for the German market. The production will feature well-known actors and comedians. The stage show will be …

TORONTO: The supernatural Canadian drama Lost Girl has 13 new episodes in production from Prodigy Pictures in association with Shaw Media, with season two of the series to premiere on Showcase this fall. The 13×1-hour second season is being filmed …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has re-upped its partnership with Microsoft for the exclusive broadcast coverage of the Xbox 360 E3 Media Briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. On June 6, Spike will air the Xbox 360: The Future Revealed telecasts …

NEW YORK: Time Warner’s Digital TV customers in New York City now have access to more than 175 HD channels, with new international packages and additional digital and on-demand channels also available. New HD channels that joined the service include Bloomberg …

LOS ANGELES: Production is under way on the new TV Land original Happily Divorced, starring and co-written by Fran Drescher, with an official debut planned for June 15. The series features Drescher (The Nanny) alongside John Michael Higgins (Best in …