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NEW YORK: Customers of Verizon’s FiOS TV will have on-demand access to a range of documentaries from SnagFilms, with an initial lineup of ten titles launching today. The ten films will be joined by five more by the end of …

MADRID: Spain’s PRISA has announced the first steps in the reorganization of Sogecable, with Manuel Polanco named president of the operation, which is being renamed PRISA TV as the holding company for all of the firm’s audiovisual operations. Polanco, who has spent his entire …

MIAMI: On November 1, Telemundo will premiere its newest original telenovela, Aurora, a romantic love story with a modern twist. The cast includes Sara Maldonado, Eugenio Siller, Jorge Luis Pila, Aylin Mujica and Lisette Morelos. The novela is executive produced …

LOS ANGELES: The five freshman series on CBS’s fall slate—Hawaii Five-0, The Defenders, Blue Bloods, Mike & Molly and $#*! My Dad Says—have been picked up for full seasons. Hawaii Five-0 is the number one new series for the 2010-11 …

CHICAGO: Playboy Enterprises says its third-quarter results will include a write-down charge of more than $20 million on its TV programming inventory. The quarter will also include a bad debt expense of approximately $1 million and domestic TV contra revenues …

ENGLEWOOD/ATLANTA: DISH Network and Turner Broadcasting System have signed a pact that sees customers automatically receiving free, unlimited, on-demand online access to prime-time programming from TNT and TBS. Programming will be available within 24 hours after an episode airs to DISH …

LOS ANGELES: The kids’ entertainment service Kabillion has launched on Time Warner Cable, a move that expands the channel’s reach to more than 35 million digital cable households. Kabillion is a free on-demand channel that offers animation aimed at kids …

NASHVILLE: Born Into Brothels is to make its exclusive Documentary Channel (DOC) debut as part of the network’s Saturday Primetime Premieres lineup on November 6, to be followed by War Dance on November 13. DOC acquired the films as part …

TORONTO: Steve Burns, National Geographic Channel’s executive VP of global programming, will lead a banner session at the upcoming World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP), held in Dresden, Germany, November 30 to December 3. Burns will share his …

MONTREAL: Among the key topics at the Alliance for Children and Television’s (ACT) Média-Jeunes 2010 conference, held November 18 and 19, will be the effects of the Canada Media Fund’s restructured funding programs on the children’s and youth sector. Stéphane …