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LOS ANGELES: ScandiTV, which offers news, movies and kids’ programming from across Scandinavia, is launching in the U.S. on August 1. ScandiTV will provide in-language programming to the Scandinavia communities in the U.S. and Canada. The service will be expanded …

PHILADELPHIA: In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Sprout has slated the premiere of its first long-form original series, Noodle and Doodle, for September 25. The 26×11-minute show features arts, crafts and cooking for preschoolers and their families. It will makes …

HONG KONG: CASBAA has added Bharti Airtel, NDTV and Star TV India as new corporate members. Bharti Airtel is a telecoms-to-media services specialist. NDTV is a news content provider. Star TV India is a media and entertainment channel. "As a …

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has licensed the hour-long special Assam India: Quest for the One Horned Rhinoceros to Discovery Communications for broadcast across India. Assam India: Quest for the One Horned Rhinoceros is the sixth installment in the Richard Bangs’ …

LONDON: Diane Rankin has joined DRG as the senior VP of acquisitions, coming from a stint at Cineflix. Rankin takes up the newly created role this September. She is tasked with managing the factual and factual entertainment acquisitions team. Rankin …

NEW YORK: American Express, music video and entertainment service VEVO and YouTube are collaborating to live stream five concerts this year. Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express follows American Express’s two previous live and digitally streamed performances this year …

LONDON: Justine Powell has been tapped as VP of distribution for EMEA at CNBC, where she will drive the business and financial news network’s expansion across TV and digital platforms, both to the home and commercial premises such as banks, financial …

PARIS: Net profit for the first half of the year at TF1 increased by 51 percent to 74 million euros, on revenues that were up by 14 percent to 1.28 billion euros. Advertising revenues at the flagship channels showed an …

BEIJING: China and Singapore have agreed to collaborate on theatrical feature and TV movie production across the live-action, animated and factual genres. The Film Coproduction Agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 7th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Co-operation (CSJCBC) …

TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Nick Time is a new Nickelodeon programming block that will air six days a week on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Animax channel in Japan, reaching more than 8.3 million homes. The Nickelodeon-branded block will launch on September 1 with episodes …