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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 …

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) is to present the exclusive premiere of The Legends of Santa, a feature-length doc that tracks the origination and modern-day representation of Santa, on December 8 at 9 p.m. Produced by Hefin Owen and narrated …

NEW YORK: The new Oxygen series Bachelorette Party, slated for an eight-episode run, follows brides-to-be on an all-access VIP fantasy weekend in Las Vegas. The series, which is now in production in Las Vegas, follows the weekend of a soon-to-be …

NEW YORK: Excluding a $230 million goodwill impairment charge on its Harmonix gaming division, which has now been put up for sale, Viacom’s quarterly profit gained 7 percent to $488 million, on revenues that were up 5 percent to $3.3 billion. …

NEW YORK: Ve Neill, Glenn Hetrick and Patrick Tatopoulos are signed up as judges and McKenzie Westmore as host for the all-new reality competition series Face Off, to debut on Syfy in January 2011. The series features 12 aspiring special-effects make-up …