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LONDON: Emmanuelle Namiech is to take on the role of senior VP of content and development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the Asia Pacific, for FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME). Namiech is responsible for sourcing, developing and acquiring …

SILVER SPRING: This fall, Discovery Channel will present the latest landmark TV event from renowned natural scientist Sir David Attenborough, First Life. First Life will blend state of the art CGI with real footage to document how nature’s first animals …

LOS ANGELES: HBO has lined up a slate of TV movies and mini-series for 2011, including TheSunsetLimited, based on the Cormac McCarthy play and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel Jackson. Directed and executive produced by Jones from a script by …

TORONTO: The fall lineup of TVOKids kicks off on September 6 with a slate that includes The Jungle Book, Rob the Robot and Mr. Moon. Gisèle’s Big Backyard, TVOKids’ early-learning block for kids aged 2 to 6, kicks off with …

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery’s new series Hardcover Mysteries features best-selling authors discussing real-life cases of criminal acts that inspired one of their works or resonates with them personally. The eight-episode series launches October 11 at 9 p.m. on Investigation Discovery. …

NEW YORK: Brigid Brannagh and Sean Patrick Flanery lead the cast of Mystery Girl, a Hallmark Channel original movie to premiere in 2011. The movie centers on Ben (Flanery, Citizen Jane), who e-mails a beautiful mystery girl (Christine Scott Bennett, …

NEW YORK: The April/MIPTV edition of World Screen has been named the best-printed trade magazine by the Gold Ink Awards, the most prestigious awards ceremony for the printing industry. World Screen, printed by Fry Communications, was given the Gold Award …

SILVER SPRING: Bugging Out is an all-new series for Science Channel from film and TV star Wilmer Valderrama and his WV Enterprises and executive producer Tom Forman of RelativityREAL. The new series looks at the little-known world of exotic insects. …

SÃO PAULO: The latest installment in TV Globo’s GloboDOC strand spotlights the Brazilian neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, who recently received the Pioneer Award from the American government. Nicolelis received the Pioneer Award, which is the most prestigious scientific award given by …

LOS ANGELES: Rosie O’Donnell has been signed to lead a daily daytime talk show on the soon-to-launch OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The new show will be based in New York and will feature O’Donnell in her return to daytime. …