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LONDON: The new executive structure at CAKE Entertainment sees Ed Galton take on the role of chief creative officer and managing director, having entered the ownership of the company alongside Tom van Waveren. Galton takes on responsibility for the day-to-day …

NEW YORK: Logo’s documentary series Real Momentum, which tells the stories of underdogs and innovators, is to be relaunched as Logo Docs. As of September 18, the show will launch with a new look and tone. The strand tell stories …

NEW YORK: Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of World Screen, will be moderating the Formats Superpanel on Monday, October 4, at MIPCOM. Formats Superpanel: Formulas for Success will feature an impressive list of distinguished speakers: Tom Toumazis, the chief …

CENTENNIAL: International Media Distribution has launched the Italian-language TV channel Mediaset Italia in the U.S. to more than 15 million homes. Key prime-time programming includes news, soccer, entertainment and fiction from Mediaset’s Canale 5, Italia 1 and Rete. The service …

LOS ANGELES: Rubicon Studios and MGM are re-teaming for a new half-hour animated holiday special based on the iconic Pink Panther character. A Very Pink Christmas will feature the Pink Panther pitted against his arch nemesis, Big Nose, as they …

NEW YORK: Overall advertising revenues in the U.S. rose by 5.7 percent in the first six months of the year to reach $63.57 billion, Kantar Media reports, with television adspend up 10 percent. “The rally in ad spending that has emerged …

LOS ANGELES: Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is the focus of a new six-part docu-series on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network called Finding Sarah. Produced by World of Wonder, the series is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011 …

STRASBOURG: A new study from the European Audiovisual Observatory indicates that revenues at European’s main commercial broadcasting groups are back to pre-recession levels, with a 10-percent growth rate in the first half. The 12 largest private television groups in Europe …

LAUSANNE: Grupo Albavision has reached a deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the free-TV rights to the London 2012 Olympic Games in ten Latin American countries. Albavision has secured the broadcast rights for Bolivia, Costa Rica, the Dominican …

LONDON: Universal Networks International (UNI) is to co-finance a new paranormal reality series, Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, which will roll out across Syfy Universal international channels in the coming weeks. The is the first time UNI is co-funding a non-fiction …