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MIAMI: Joshua Mintz, who has been serving as VP of strategic development at Telemundo Studios, is to become the senior executive VP at Telemundo Entertainment. Mintz will be responsible for the overall entertainment development and programming strategy of the Telemundo …

ENGLEWOOD: After having put itself up for sale six months ago, the movie-streaming service Move Networks has been acquired by EchoStar Advanced Technologies. EchoStar, which spun off from satellite provider DISH Network three years ago, develops and distributes set-top boxes …

LOS ANGELES: In the wake of Tony Vinciquerra stepping down at Fox Network Group (FNG), a corporate restructure sees David Haslingden taking on the role of president and COO, with Hernan Lopez taking over Haslingden’s CEO post at Fox International …

LOS ANGELES: A Squared Entertainment (A2) has pacted with India’s Tata Elxsi to set up a joint venture aimed at creating, developing and distributing original brands, including animated entertainment and digital gaming. Tata Elxsi is part of the $70 Billion …

LAS VEGAS: Set to launch early this year in the U.S., the fully programmed general-entertainment 3D channel from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX, 3net, has a slate of original series and partner program acquisitions already in place. The official …

PASADENA: Characters from the ABC daytime soap All My Children and the TV Land original Hot In Cleveland are to cross-over and guest star on each other’s shows, continuing a story line established last season. The story revolves around Wendie …

TORONTO: The Banff World Television Festival has been renamed as the Banff World Media Festival, dropping TV from its title to reflect the evolution of the content market. "This is an important step for the Festival, reflecting both the changing …

TORONTO: At the upcoming History Makers Summit, Bill Moyers and Simon Schama are scheduled to deliver keynote speeches, addressing the challenges and opportunities facing factual broadcasting today. Moyers has been in broadcast journalism for more than 40 years. With his …

LAS VEGAS: The cross-industry consortium Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE)—backed by Hollywood studios such as Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros.—has unveiled a new technology, dubbed UltraViolet, that paves the way for an open market for digital …

It was another strong year for the behemoths of the factual industry, as the big three maintained their dominance and expanded with new ventures. National Geographic Channels (NGC) continued to aggressively rollout its bouquet of leading factual networks around the …