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SILVER SPRING: Eileen O’Neill, who currently heads up TLC, has added Discovery Channel U.S. to her remit, while Marjorie Kaplan is now in charge of both Animal Planet and Science Channel and Investigation Discovery’s Henry Schleiff is taking over the Emerging …

LONDON: FremantleMedia has integrated its gambling division as part of FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), with Simon Murphy leading the unit. Murphy will be responsible for the company’s online, land-based and mobile gambling initiatives. He has had more than eight years of …

SILVER SPRING: TLC continues its European rollout, with Discovery Networks International (DNI) set to launch the service in Russia tomorrow and in Romania next week. The female-skewing network has also secured expanded distribution in Sweden following the initial December 2 launch. The …

KUALA LUMPUR: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) and Astro are bringing the first-ever 3D live broadcast of the Barclays Premier League to Malaysia. The broadcasts kick off on January 16 with the Merseyside derby match between Liverpool and Everton at 10 p.m. …

HELSINKI: A number of organizational changes have been put in place at Finland’s Nelonen Media, including shuffling within its staff and the merging of divisions. Kristiina Werner-Autio has been appointed senior VP of television operations. Werner-Autio was previously senior VP …

PARIS: The sixth annual Content 360 digital creativity festival at MIPTV, which is now open for entries, will include for the first time a category supported by FremantleMedia and RTL Group. Content 360 is to be featured as part of …

NEW YORK: Sally Miles, the CEO and founder of Passion Distribution, talks about the keys to success for thriving as an independent in today’s market, as well as the importance of establishing a network of relationships to attract top creative …

SINGAPORE: SPE Networks — Asia continues its push for original local productions with the reality game-show format Minute to Win It for AXN India. The show was produced for AXN by NBCU International in partnership with Malaysia’s Astro. The series …

MIAMI: Nickelodeon Latin America is starting production of its fourth original telenovela, Grachi, which will be shot entirely in Miami. Grachi will be produced in Spanish and customized to Portuguese for Nickelodeon Brazil. The series is slated to premiere on …

MIAMI: The MTV Latin America series Niñas Mal is headed to Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas for its U.S. premiere on January 17, to air weeknights at 7 p.m. The novela explores the difficulties of growing up under extreme pressures. …