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PREMIUM: CTV is Canada’s largest private broadcaster and for the past nine years it has been the most-watched network and viewers’ number one choice in prime time. Kevin Crull, currently the COO of CTV’s parent company, CTVglobemedia, will become president …

PARIS: The animated paper-cut-out series Ava Riko Teo has secured a second-season commission for 39 seven-minute additional episodes, with delivery set for the first quarter of 2012. Ava Riko Teo, a co-production between Moonscoop and Korea’s Character Plan and EBS, …

MAINZ: A new online screening service from ZDF Enterprises allows registered users to view trailers and full-length programs from the company’s catalogue, which spans factual, children’s, drama and more. ZDF Enterprises’ portfolio includes a number of new factual highlights. These …

NEW YORK: Philippe Soutter, the co-founder and CEO of PGS Entertainment, talks to World Screen about bringing back well-known classic properties, such as The Little Prince, as well as launching original ideas.   In 2008, as the economic recession was beginning to …

PALISADES PARK: The 53rd annual Grammy Awards were broadcast in 193 territories, with record sales scored by Alfred Haber, Inc. The music event secured broadcast partners such as STAR (Asia), Shanghai Media Group (China), Channel One (Russia), Foxtel (Australia), NRJ12 …

BEVERLY HILLS: The TV series House of Cards, starring Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey and executive produced by David Fincher, is set to debut exclusively in the U.S. and Canada on Netflix. Netflix has committed to a minimum of 26 episodes …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats has a catalogue for MIPTV that includes the prime-time game show Still Standing, which was recently commissioned by NBC. Still Standing was created and produced by Lisa Shiloach-Uzrad and Amit Stratener of July-August Productions, also the creators …

NORWALK: CABLEready is highlighting three new series from its MIPTV programming slate, including TV with TV’s Jonathan Torrens. The 65×30-minute magazine series is hosted by Jonathan Torrens as he addresses questions regarding the current state of TV. Topics will include …

BOSTON: The science strand NOVA is partnering with Pioneer Productions to produce Japan’s Killer Quake, which is slated to air on March 30 on PBS. The hour-long documentary focuses on the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan and includes first-person …

BOSTON: Japanese pubcaster NHK has been delivering up-to-the-minute information about the ongoing crisis in Japan through Newsline, which is also going out to U.S. public TV stations. Newsline is fed live several times throughout the day. The program also airs …