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BURBANK/NEW YORK: ABC Entertainment Group’s president, Paul Lee, calls the network’s 2011-2012 grid "diverse and ambitious" with 13 new shows, including a Charlie’s Angels reboot and the 1960s-set Pan Am, joining several returning dramas and comedies. “We’re thrilled to be launching …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe has named Ariel Katz as senior sales executive of satellite signals. In his new role, Katz will be responsible for selling Telefe’s pay-TV channels by developing commercial relationships with clients in Argentina and elsewhere. Prior to joining Telefe, …

SCOTTSDALE: The 3D TV market is poised to grow by 500 percent this year, rising to more than 300 million in 2015, In-Stat reports. “Over the next few years, a greater percentage of large-screen TV sets will ship with the 3D …

MADRID: BRB Internacional has hired Emilie Pasquet as head of sales for its audiovisual distribution area for France, the U.K. and Italy. Pasquet is returning to BRB after starting her career with the company a decade ago; as a BRB sales representative, …

DUBAI/BURBANK: Warner Bros.is teaming with Prodea Systems for the launch of a branded SVOD service on the NXT platform in the United Arab Emirates. WarnerTV will deliver on-demand access to series and movies from Warner Bros. Entertainment. The slate will …

ROME: Mondo TV is presenting its 2D animated comedy series The Trash Pack, which is set to launch in the fall in Italy and Spain, at the Licensing International Expo, with a rollout to the U.S. and worldwide planned for 2012. …

BURBANK: 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros. Television will jointly produce an update of the classic animated comedy The Flintstones, to be helmed by Seth MacFarlane, for FOX’s 2013 schedule. Warner Bros. holds the rights to the The Flintstones …

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 …

TORONTO: France Télévisions has firmed up a deal with CCI Entertainment for its own version of Artzooka!, for a fall 2011 launch on France 5. CCI has previously inked deals for local versions of Artzooka! with Nickelodeon Germany, Discovery Kids Latin America …