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NEW YORK: In an expansion of its Asian reach, Sundance Channel is now available in Taiwan, with a broadcast license awarded to Rainbow Media by the National Communications Commission (NCC). The channel is already available in Singapore and South Korea. …

WARSAW: Platform ‘n’ has slated an exclusive window for the HD treatment of the main public television channel in Poland, TVP1. TVP1 airs a range of news programs, investigative reports, sports, films and locally produced drama series, along with reality and …

KUALA LUMPUR: Astro has entered into a pact that sees its HD pay-TV service B.yond deployed on TIME dotCom Berhad’s fiber-based broadband infrastructure, which will then be bundled with the operator’s broadband and telephony services. Astro customers who sign up …

NASHVILLE: Documentary Channel (DOC) is to launch a new strand starting in 2011 to showcase the works of African-American documentary filmmakers, Black Documentary Cinema, which will air on the last Tuesday of every month in prime time. The new initiative is …

LOS ANGELES: The original short-form series Single Dads has been made available on Hulu.com by Fox International Channels (FIC). The 30×5-minute scripted comedy tells the story of two single fathers who meet after they were both kicked out of a …

LONDON: A host of new distribution deals are expanding the availability of BBC HD across Turkey. The channels, which offers documentaries, entertainment and arts programming, is now part of Turkish IPTV platform TTNET’s IPtivibu. The service also just launched as part of …

TORONTO: Production is under way by Paperny Films on the new series Consumed, which features families who need to de-clutter their lives, for HGTV Canada. The 13×1-hour series is slated for a 2011 debut on HGTV Canada. The show features …

ENGLEWOOD: Filling the post of managing director at Unitymedia, Liberty Global’s Germany cable operations, is Lutz Schüler. Schüler takes up the new role as of January 1. He succeeds Gene Musselman, who has been CEO since early 2010 and is …

LONDON: The European Commission has cleared News Corporation’s proposed acquisition of BSkyB, deciding that the transaction would not “impede effective competition in the European Economic Area.” The EC was investigating concerns that the merged entity could either refuse advertising by …

TORONTO: Originally developed for the TELETOON at Night Pilot Project, the animated series Fugget About It has been given a 13-episode order for 9 Story Entertainment to produce the show in English and French. The TELETOON at Night Pilot Project …