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MOSCOW: CTC Media has signed a two-year non-exclusive carriage deal for the CTC-International channel in Israel with the Yes satellite platform and the HOT cable network. The platforms have a combined reach of around 120,000 Russian-speaking subscribers. The international version …

LOS ANGELES: Throughout the month of July, Ovation is celebrating some of America’s top cinematic talents with the programming event American Revolutionaries: The Directors, hosted by Roger Corman and Peter Bogdanovich. The event will feature the pivotal films in the …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment introduced The Scribbles, the newest character group from Jim Henson Designs, at the recently wrapped International Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. The Scribbles were inspired by original scribbles by Jim Henson himself. They represent elements of …

LOS ANGELES: Kerry Valentine has joined Rubicon Studios’ production team in Woodland Hills, California, where she is responsible for the day-to-day production activities for the company’s entire slate of animated projects. As head of production, Valentine will oversee the production …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has signed a deal to provide more than 100 half-hours of animated programming to Sun TV of India, covering series such as Casper’s Scare School. The agreement sees DQE providing Sun TV with 117 half-hours that were …

BANFF: The Rockie Award winners in the non-fiction categories were named for the 31st Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA. “The Rockies celebrate outstanding television programming, and in this case, exceptional non-fiction programming,” said Georges Leclere, executive producer of the …

SINGAPORE: As BroadcastAsia kicked off in Singapore today, the country’s Media Development Authority (MDA) announced plans for a 3-D television trial across multiple platforms. The one-year trial began today on terrestrial TV, cable TV and IPTV, in partnership with MediaCorp, …

PARIS/COPENHAGEN: Ahead of DISCOP, Banijay International has licensed nine episodes of its new entertainment format My Parents Are Gonna Love You in Eastern Europe. Romanian channel Antenna has picked up the series, which is a lead offering for Banijay in …

HONG KONG: Following its April launch on StarHub in Singapore, Turner Broadcasting’s truTV is set to roll out in the Philippines and Vietnam next month. In the Philippines, Turner Entertainment has appointed Asian Cable Communications Inc (ACCION) as the truTV distributor to …

BANFF: Family Channel and Playhouse Disney Canada have commissioned further episodes of two Canadian original productions, the live-action comedy Wingin’ It and the animated series Stella and Sam. Family Channel has ordered a second season of Wingin’ It from Temple …