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HONG KONG: Fox International Channels (FIC) has appointed Edwina Ngao as VP and territory head for Mainland China and Byrd Bunnag as territory head for Thailand. Ngao will lead Chinese expansion for FIC, growing its channel portfolio, distribution network, advertising …

PARIS: First-half revenues at Vivendi gained 6.1 percent to 14 billion euros, with adjusted net profit up 4 percent to 1.5 billion euros. “Vivendi is back to growth in the first half of 2010 and improves its full year outlook," …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has ordered a sixth season of America’s Got Talent from FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell’s Syco Television, with celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel back on board. Host Nick Cannon will also return next season. This …

LONDON: The signing of a new multi-year deal grants ITV Studios the first-look rights to develop and produce local versions of new formats created by Babyfoot. Titles within the Scandinavian company’s portfolio include Gay Army, I Survived a Japanese Game Show …

NEW YORK: HBO has picked up the U.S. TV rights for the documentary Precious Life, directed by Israeli broadcast journalist Shlomi Eldar and produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Yoav Ze’evi. The doc tells the story of Mohammad Abu Mustaffa, a …

WARSAW/BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed an exclusive multi-year output deal to provide shows for Comedy Central Poland, including current and library titles. The network will become the studio’s exclusive comedy partner for the territory. Comedy Central …

MONTREAL: Principal photography on the thriller Exposed, Incendo’s fourth film of 2010, is to get under way September 7 in Montreal, with production on a fifth project to begin in October. Exposed features Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as the lead role, …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats’ quiz show The Bubble has been given a full-season order of 60 episodes to air on Lithuania’s Rytas TV starting September 27. The show will be produced internally and will air in the 7:30 p.m. time …

BAHRAIN: Annual advertising revenues in the Gulf states are on track to top $10 billion for the first time ever, according to the Pan Arab Research Centre (PARC), with first-half revenues reaching $5.05 billion, up 20 percent on last year. …

LORETO: Namco Bandai is to represent the latest Winx Club: Rockstar video game from Rainbow, with Nintendo DS distributing the game in Europe, the Middle East and Africa starting this November. The game is based on the popular Winx Club …