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LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has picked up the international distribution rights to Accused and will showcase the series at MIPCOM, along with the new factual children’s show Serious Explorers. Accused is a new drama from Jimmy McGovern’s RSJ Films, set to …

MIAMI: The preschool channel CBeebies has continued to expand its reach in the U.S. Hispanic market as well as in Latin America, with carriage through the DishLATINO package. "We have succeeded in making CBeebies an attractive alternative for family entertainment, …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats and the international Contech 2010 exhibition have teamed up for Formagination 2010, a TV format contest that will be held as part of the Contech 2010 Technology and New Media Conference. The contest is open to …

ON THE RECORD: DAN RUSSELL, VP, PROGRAMMING & SCHEDULING How do you schedule the channel from morning through late night, Monday through Sunday? There is a big change taking place. Since launch we have been programming in an eight-hour wheel …

HONG KONG: TVB Pay Vision is adding the brand-new gourmet channel TVB Food to its bouquet as of September 24, kicking off the launch with a special event featuring hot dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi. TVB Pay Vision organized a …

SYDNEY: SLR Productions has locked in a worldwide distribution deal, excluding Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia, with CCI Entertainment for the animated preschool series Guess How Much I Love You: The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare. The 52×11-minute series …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has sold the HD special Stealing Shakespeare, a True North production for BBC One, to Smithsonian Networks in the U.S. The one-hour doc will be launched at MIPCOM. It follows the story of Raymond Scott, who was found guilty …

NEW YORK: Asia TV USA, the distributor of Zee TV and Veria in the U.S., has appointed Jerry Blake as general counsel. He comes to the role after serving as general counsel for Sundance Channel, advising the network in its …

After several years of struggling financially, Sony finally turned a profit in the first quarter of this year. This demonstrates that Howard Stringer’s strategy is working—at least for now. As chairman, CEO and president of Sony Corporation, Stringer has had …

He’s a brilliant diagnostician, armed with a keen intellect, Machiavellian instincts, brutal honesty and oh, yes, an addiction to Vicodin. He’s Dr. Gregory House, the complex protagonist of House, created by David Shore. The series, as intellectual and multilayered as …