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NEW YORK: Jon M. Chu, the creator and director of the web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (The LXD), has been selected as the recipient of the Pioneer Prize at the International Digital Emmy Awards, taking place April 4 …

TORONTO: Food Network Canada has renewed Frantic Films’ Pitchin’ In for a third season. The food series features chef Lynn Crawford as she travels across North America and meets locals who teach her their trade in exchange for her cooking …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network is bringing the 24-hour commercial-free channel BabyTV to the U.S. in its Spanish-language suite, DishLATINO. DISH Network is the first pay-TV provider to offer the channel, dedicated to babies and toddlers, in the U.S. BabyTV features short-form …

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Shankly Productions has appointed Brad Lipton as VP of acquisitions and development. Lipton will be in charge of the acquisition of completed TV series and specials, which will be licensed worldwide by Shankly’s distribution division. He will report …

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT: A boost in adspend helped drive up TF1 Group’s 2010 revenues 11 percent to 2.6 billion euros, with a net profit that more than doubled to 229 million euros. Advertising revenues for TF1 gained 8 percent to 1.55 billion …

TORONTO: The Banff World Media Festival will present Felicia Day with the 2011 nextMEDIA Outstanding Online Performance Award for her hit online series The Guild. Day is the writer, producer and star of the sitcom web series about a group …

NEW YORK: In conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati at NATPE 2011, César Conde, the president of Univision Networks, discussed his programming strategy at the leading U.S. Hispanic broadcaster. Watch an excerpt here.   brightcove.createExperiences(); Wish you had been at …

PARIS: Enanimation, Ellipsanime and Rai Fiction have teamed up to develop and produce a multiplatform 26-episode animated series, Cross Worlds, for delivery in 2012. The 26×30-minutes series features an unlikely group of five teenagers who have to join together to …

MADRID: A new tie-up sees the format catalogue of TOAC exclusively distributed in Colombia and Ecuador by Televideo, while TOAC distributes Televideo’s content in Spain. Televideo has produced more than 1,000 hours of mini-series for Colombian and U.S. Hispanic channels …

MIAMI: Xavier Aristimuño has been upped to senior VP of sales and international business development for Asia at Telemundo Internacional. In his new position, Aristimuño will remain focused on promoting sales and acquisitions, placing a strong focus on developing new …