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HONG KONG: Tiger Gate Entertainment’s KIX and Thrill pay-TV channels have secured carriage on the TelkomVision IPTV platform in Indonesia. KIX, offering up action entertainment, features acquired Asian and international movies, TV series, anime, documentaries and Mixed Martial Arts championships, plus the …

LOS ANGELES: The new 8×30-minute reality series Ice Loves Coco, featuring rap mogul and actor Ice-T and his buxom wife Coco, is to be featured in E!’s summer lineup. The series, which premieres June 12 at 10:30 p.m., follows the …

LONDON: Following Jana Bennett’s departure from BBC Vision, George Entwistle is taking over as director for the company, also joining the BBC’s executive board with immediate effect. Entwistle is responsible for BBC One, Two, Three and Four, as well as the …

SINGAPORE: Tiny Island Productions of Singapore has scored a slot for its stereoscopic 3D CG-animated series Dream Defenders on 3net for an October debut. The deal gives 3net the 3D broadcast, home video, publishing and merchandising rights for the show …

STOCKHOLM/BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) and NonStop Television have firmed up an agreement that brings movies such as The Exorcist and Manchurian Candidate as well as series including Men in Trees and Notes from the Underbelly to the …

NEW YORK: Lee Bartlett, the executive VP of global production management, business and legal affairs at Discovery Communications, discusses the new partnerships for Discovery Studios and more in this video interview.   Former ITV Studios managing director Bartlett joined the …

LOS GATOS: Netflix saw its first-quarter profits almost double to $60.2 million, on revenues that gained 46 percent to $718.55 million. The company reported 3.3 million net subscriber additions in the U.S. in the period, a 94-percent year-on-year gain. Including …

NEW YORK: ION Media Networks has appointed Douglas Holloway as president of multichannel distribution, a role that will include overseeing ION Television’s distribution efforts and the digital channels qubo and ION Life. As part of his new position, Holloway will …

LONDON: The official list of the nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) TV Awards has been announced, with Boardwalk Empire squaring off against Glee, The Killing and Mad Men in the international category. Misfits leads the …

HOLLYWOOD: The Church of Scientology, in a bid to expand into broadcasting, has acquired a Hollywood studio lot from public television station KCET. The 5-acre facility covers two sound stages, post-production resources and TV, satellite and Internet broadcasting capabilities. The …