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TORONTO: The 25th annual Gemini Awards concluded with a broadcast gala, hosted by Glee‘s Cory Monteith, where a total of 19 awards were presented, with The Tudors taking home best drama and Less Than Kind named best comedy. The award …

TOKYO: The one-off drama Goldfish from NHK is to air on Sveriges Television (SVT) of Sweden, through a deal signed by NHK Enterprises. Goldfish tells the story of a bond formed between two lonely people. Murata is a gruff, eccentric …

LOS ANGELES: Among the new projects on Pop Monkey Productions’ slate is a co-production with British billionaire Alki David, with a show that follows the controversial media tycoon. Alki David’s Right Hand Man will follow the eccentric billionaire, who recently …

LOS ANGELES: The longest-running comedy in TV history, The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, has been renewed for a 23rd season by FOX, for a series total of 515 episodes. This season, Maggie goes missing, Homer becomes a premier hairdresser, …

SYDNEY: Emma Westcott is to fill the newly created post of head of commissioning for XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle Channels. Westcott will report directly to Nicole Sheffield, the general manager. She will work closely with the programming the management team to manage …

CULVER CITY: Michelle Raimo-Kouyate has been named president of production for Sony Pictures Animation, joining from DreamWorks Animation. At DreamWorks, Raimo-Kouyate was serving as an executive producer on the upcoming Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots. In the coming weeks, Raimo-Kouyate …

MIAMI: Following on the success of shows such as Isa TKM and Isa TK+, MTV Networks Latin America has pledged its continued commitment to producing long-form local content for audiences in the region. The company teamed up with Sony Pictures …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company’s fourth-quarter profit fell by 6.7 percent to $835 million, but net income for the full year gained 20 percent to $3.96 billion. Revenues, meanwhile, were stable in the quarter at $9.7 billion and up 5 …

VENICE: Splash News has firmed up an agreement to provide a weekly half-hour Hollywood and celebrity magazine show to T-CAST Channels’ FashionN in Korea. Launching this month, SNTV: Splash News TV will feature Hollywood news and celebrity gossip each week in …

FRISCO: Almost 34 percent of iPad owners are likely to cancel their pay-TV service within the next six months, according to new research from Texas-based firm The Diffusion Group (TDG). "Despite the fact that cord-cutting remains more widely discussed than …