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LOS ANGELES: FEARnet has secured long-term carriage with Time Warner and Verizon FiOS, alongside starting its linear rollout with Comcast. FEARnet is now available on Time Warner Cable and Time Warner’s VOD platform, with New York launching VOD on May …

LOS ANGELES: Among the titles in the catalogue of TvFilmBiz International is the two-hour documentary The Afghanistan War and Search for Osama Bin Laden, which tells the story of the ongoing military combat in the country. The documentary wrapped production …

BURBANK: Dana Booton has been promoted from the VP of production for Starz Media’s Film Roman to the newly created role of general manager and head of production for the TV animation studio. Having joined Film Roman in 2008, Booton was …

NEW YORK: The HBO GO mobile app, now available for download, brings an array of hit shows and movies to authenticated users on the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. HBO GO provides instant access to current hit series such as …

NEW YORK: Stefan Piëch, the CEO of Germany’s Your Family Entertainment (YFE), talks about the company’s approach to educating through entertainment with its programming.   YFE has created a hallmark around producing and distributing non-violent, family-oriented programming, with content parents …

MIAMI: Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más has announced an expanded slate of content, with a number of new shows coming alongside the return of several hit series, as the network wraps up the first quarter of 2011 with its highest …

BOGOTÁ: Caracol Television has promoted Lisette Osorio from international director to senior director of international sales. In her current position, Osorio, who has been with Caracol for five years, has managed the commercialization of content in Latin America and a …

HOLLYWOOD: HIP Brands, the third-party licensing banner within The Jim Henson Company, has scored the global licensing rights, excluding the Philippines, to the multiplatform product Psyclops. Psyclops, which is targeted at teens and tweens, features one-eyed characters that embrace the …

SAN DIEGO: Suzy’s Zoo Studios is set to create a new interactive website this summer, which will feature the company’s brands in a range of games, books, fan clubs, blogs and more. The web environment and social media platforms are …

NEW YORK: Kees Abrahams, the president of international production at Sony Pictures Television (SPT), talks about what the company is offering the market in terms of light entertainment, and gives an overview of SPT’s business in emerging format markets like Asia …