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SINGAPORE: The ESPN Player, launched in Singapore with SingTel, provides consumers with on-demand access to international world-class sports content online. The broadband service marks the region’s first online multi-sport service to combine video, scores and community within a single interactive …

LONDON: A package of 253 hours of programming from Passion Distribution has been picked up for broadcast by XYZnetworks, which has also agreed to acquire another 350 hours of first-run exclusive content. Further under the terms of the volume deal, …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed Jon Farrar to VP of programming for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, taking up the post as of August 2. Farrar will be responsible for the development and execution of the programming strategy …

LONDON: The business and financial news channel CNBC will exclusively air NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and Meet the Press across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, starting July 12. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams provides reports and analysis on …

NEW YORK: Pierre Sissmann, the chairman and CEO of Cyber Group Studios, talks in this video interview about his strategy for smart, fiscally responsible growth during the challenging times.   The French independent producer Cyber Group Studios focuses on giving …

LONDON: Connected Pictures has been commissioned by Sky 1 HD to produce The World’s Youngest Daredevils, an hour-long documentary about children with unusual talents. In the film, which has a working title, Myleene Klass travels the world to discover the …

MIAMI: The ten-part natural history series Life is to air on Discovery en Español under the title Vida and will be narrated in Spanish by award-winning singer and composer Juanes. From the makers of Planet Earth, the series explores the …

LAGOS/NIGERIA: Nigeria’s STV has struck a new content deal with MTV Networks Africa for Nickelodeon programming to form a daily block on the channel. Starting July 16, Nickelodeon programming will be featured for an hour every Monday to Friday in …

NEW YORK: Sesame Workshop, behind the long-running hit Sesame Street, is creating an original half-hour programming block called Sesame Square in Nigeria. Sesame Square will be hosted by two puppet characters specially developed for the program: Kami, a girl Muppet …

LONDON: HIT Entertainment has unveiled the new series Super School, an action-filled preschool series. The show features an ordinary 6-year-old boy, Mack Action, who discovers he can fly. He is surrounded be a group of superhero classmates: Werewilf, a transforming …