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BOSTON: The WORLD multicast channel has received two grants from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), which will bolster broadband and broadcast expansion efforts. WORLD features a range of the best documentaries, nonfiction and news programming from U.S. public television. …

NEW YORK: Steve Grimes has been named senior VP of digital media at Comedy Central. To be based in New York, Grimes will report directly to Erik Flannigan, the executive VP of digital media at MTV Networks Entertainment Group. He will …

SAN FRANCISCO: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has hired Grace Ressler as its new director of licensing and publishing. Ressler joins JTMG after served as director of licensing and publishing at DIC Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products. Ressler was …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel’s 23rd annual Shark Week programming event brought in 30.8 million viewers this year, making it the most watched Shark Week in the network’s history. From August 1 to 7, Shark Week featured six premiere programs, two …

LONDON: Channel 5’s new owner, Northern & Shell, has announced a restructure that sees the exit of Dawn Airey and Richard Woolfe, among others, and the elevation of Jeff Ford, with a number of cost-cutting measures to be put in …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 2010 news and current affairs categories, with winners to be announced at a ceremony in New York City on September 27. The nominees represent …

NEW YORK: Among the new shows headed to VH1’s fall schedule are Real & Chance: Legend Hunters and Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, along with returning series such as Football Wives and Fantasia For Real. On September 6, …

SINGAPORE: The Asian Food Channel is to debut its first-ever self-produced cooking series, Best Wan, featuring the culinary expertise of Chef Wan, on August 17. The ten-part series will be shown exclusively on Asian Food Channel (AFC). The show will …

LONDON: A number of series from Outright Distribution, including the seventh cycle of Who Do You Think You Are?, have been picked up by Chello Zone to air on its Zone Reality channel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. …

TORONTO: TV Azteca of Mexico and ECTV of Ecuador have both signed up for Kid vs Kat from DECODE Enterprises. Both terrestrial Latin American broadcasters picked up all 26 22-minute episodes of season one. The sales come on the heels …