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LOS ANGELES: Damien Porte is heading up Fox LOOK’s push into the Asian markets, as the company heads to ATF with a catalogue that includes the game shows Big Family Game Night and Pictureka!. Porte was recently appointed sales executive …

HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures has inked a licensing agreement with Creative Technologies to distribute 668 Shaw Brothers films and 500 hours of original dramas on its portable viewing devices in Singapore. Creative Technology is a leader in digital entertainment product …

TORONTO: Robert Hurst is stepping down as president of CTV News and Current Affairs, remaining in the role until a successor is named in the coming weeks. Hurst became president in September 2002, with oversight for all aspects of CTV’s …

PREMIUM: The television advertising business worldwide is in much better shape than was thought only a few months ago, according to figures due to be released shortly. The new annual advertising forecasts from the WPP conglomerate are due out next …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International has appointed Fernando Varela as the network’s international business director. Varela will lead the content sales, formats and international production area, to which Michelle Wasserman, the head of the area, and her team report. Varela will …

LONDON: Consumers in the U.K. are among the earliest adopters of new communications technologies, according to new research from Ofcom. Ofcom’s fifth International Communications Market report into the global communications market looks at takeup, availability and use of broadband, landlines, …

LONDON: Jana Bennet is leaving her post as director of BBC Vision to join BBC Worldwide as president of worldwide networks and Global iPlayer. Effective February 2011, Bennett will be responsible for BBC Worldwide’s branded channels—BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies and …

NEW YORK: Barry Diller is relinquishing his CEO post at the Internet company InterActiveCorp (IAC), as Liberty Media, one of the company’s largest shareholders, cashes out its stake. Diller is being replaced by Greg Blatt, formerly the CEO of the …

NEW YORK: Stephen Fry discusses his new BBC Two project Planet Word and talks about his passion for working both behind the camera and in front of it.   Last week, the British comedy duo of Stephen Fry and Hugh …

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Boomerang Plus to produce a new daytime "pop-up dining" show, to be led by Olly Smith. The Secret Supper Club will follow Smith (Saturday Kitchen, Iron Chef UK) around the country as he stages a …