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LONDON: Channel 4 has scooped up the rights to the new NBC conspiracy thriller The Event from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The series, starring Jason Ritter, Blair Underwood, Laura Innes and Zeljko Ivanek, is slated to received its British …

MIAMI: Diana Mogollon has been named general manager of the U.S. Hispanic lifestyle channel mun2. Mogollon will focus on developing and driving overall mun2 TV strategy and providing operational leadership across the business. She will be responsible for identifying opportunities …

MUMBAI: The joint venture created by India’s STAR and South Korea’s CJ O Shopping has launched a 24-hour home shopping network in India, following the success of a six-hour shopping block on STAR Utsav. STAR CJ Alive is offering about 300 …

MIAMI: MTV Networks International has upped Nancy Tellet to senior VP of research and consumer insights for MTV Networks Latin America, Canada and the U.S. Hispanic market. Tellet is responsible for leading all research and planning activities across the company’s …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has picked up the pay-TV rights to the Asian Football Federation’s Asian Cup 2011, taking place in Qatar, for 24 territories in the region. The deal with the World Sport Group brings the AFC Asian Cup to multiple ESPN STAR …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Dawn McCall is taking a leave of absence from her role as the managing partner of International Media & Entertainment Partners, the international media consultancy founded by former Discovery Communications executives, to join the U.S. State Department. McCall …

LONDON: Sky has become the exclusive home of HBO shows in the U.K. and Ireland as part of a multi-year output deal announced today that kicks off with the new Martin Scorsese series Boardwalk Empire. Under the terms of the …

NEW YORK: Greg Phillips, the president of Fireworks International, talks in this video interview about the demand for properties aimed at digital media platforms worldwide.   The portfolio of Fireworks International houses more than 3,000 hours of high-quality programming that …

LONDON: BSkyB’s operating profits rose 10 percent in the second quarter, after the British pay-TV giant added more than 400,000 new subscribers to its HD service in Q2. BSkyB reported that 30 percent of its 9.86 million customer base now …

LONDON: Virgin Media’s first online and mobile TV player has gone live in beta, launching with hundreds of hours of content from ITV, Disney, National Geographic and MTV, among others. Virgin Media Player on mobile will launch with 4oD content …