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NEW YORK: Melissa Roper Barnett has been promoted to the role of senior VP of networks business affairs at HBO. Barnett will be responsible for the negotiation of domestic distribution deals for all of HBO’s networks. She will report to …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Cineflix International Distribution has named Sabrina Ayala, former VP of sales and marketing at CABLEready, as its new VP of Latin American and Iberian sales and acquisitions. Ayala joins the company’s New York office as of August 30. …

NEW YORK: Syfy has greenlit a fifth season of its hit original dramedy Eureka. The fourth season of the show kicked off on July 9, and is averaging a 2.2 household rating and more than 3 million total viewers per …

SILVER SPRING: Coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Investigation Discovery is to air a new documentary, ID Investigates: Why is Bin Laden Alive?, which looks at how it is possible that no one has been able …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution is to introduce its latest children’s property, the 75×30-minute Toybox, at MIP Junior. Toybox is from series creators Ian Munro and Ron Saunders, whose previous credits include Hi-5, New MacDonald’s Farm, Johnson & Friends, Bananas in Pyjamas, …

MUNICH: Studio 100 is heading to Brand Licensing Europe with a focus on three key properties: Maja the Bee, House of Anubis and Bumba. Maja the Bee is a property from the ’70s, which has been redone in CGI, co-produced …

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group has sold its interactive cross-platform reality format uMan to Mega TV in Greece. Mega will extend the format’s length to follow participants for 45 days, 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. Viewers …

CULVER CITY: Kim Hatamiya has been upped to executive VP of marketing for Sony Pictures Television, with oversight for the division worldwide. Hatamiya will direct the development and strategic implementation of advertising, marketing, promotion and the media and client relations …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER/NEW YORK: The Expendables, which opened as the number one movie in North America at the box office, has been licensed by Lionsgate to Spike TV for its first free-TV window. The film, which grossed $34.8 million in its …

SINGAPORE: The number of pay-TV subscribers worldwide will grow from 688 million this year to 854.5 million in 2015, delivering a 5.7 percent CAGR for the next five years, according to a new report. IPTV is the fastest-growing platform, reports …