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LONDON: Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe has made an investment in the Swedish media company Starlounge, which provides celebrity news online. Starlounge has operations in 12 countries in 11 languages. The site recently achieved a new traffic high, with 16.2 million …

CHESHIRE: The m4e Group of Germany has been appointed as the exclusive agent for worldwide distribution for the new children’s property Franco and Formula Fun (working title) from Formula Fun Entertainment. The 52×11-minute CGI animated series is aimed at 3- …

NEW YORK: MTV Networks’ Logo has given the go-ahead for three new original series for its 2011 slate, including another season of its Johnny Weir reality series. Along with more Be Good Johnny Weir, which looks at the life of …

TAIWAN/HONG KONG: STAR Chinese Movies has secured an exclusive pay-TV agreement for the rights to Huayi Brothers International’s upcoming 2011 productions for Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. The deal will cover big-budget projects such as If You Are the One …

BEIJING: Celestial Pictures has started production on My Kingdom (Da Wu Sheng), a multi-million dollar martial arts epic that will be co-produced with Skyland Films and DW Films. The production team on the feature film includes writer Zou Jingzhi (Riding …

LONDON: Discovery Communications has promoted Alyson Jackson to VP of international production management, after having served in the director post since 2009. Jackson now reports to Lee Bartlett, the executive VP of global production management, business and legal affairs. Jackson …

NEW YORK: Journalist, author and digital media entrepreneur Ben Sherwood is set to fill the president post at ABC News. Sherwood is tasked with responsibility for all editorial, programming and digital aspects of the global news business. Sherwood started his …

PREMIUM: Dermot Horan, the director of broadcast and acquisitions at RTÉ, talks about the challenges of running competitive channels as the Irish Republic faces a severe economic crisis and advertising downturn. Horan is responsible for the acquisition of more than …

BRUSSELS: News Corporation has offered remedies to concerns the European Commission has raised about its proposed takeover of BSkyB, in a bid to win antitrust approval for the $12 billion deal. News Corp. is reaching out to the EC by …

NEW YORK: The CBS comedy Mike & Molly ranks as the most engaging new program among all major demos, according to data from Nielsen, followed by FOX’s Raising Hope and Running Wilde and ABC’s The Event in a three-way tie. …