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DALLAS: AT&T U-verse has added ESPN 3D to its lineup ahead of this week’s World Cup kickoff, with the channel to deliver in 3D 25 matches from South Africa. Almost 200 live sporting events will be broadcast in 3D in …

LOS ANGELES: 3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA has upped COO Ross Weintraub to managing director of Eyeworks Distribution, while Adam Greener has been promoted to chief creative officer. Weintraub adds to his day-to-day finance and operations responsibilities, with oversight for the worldwide …

NEW YORK: Luther, the new BBC One drama starring The Wire‘s Idris Elba, is set to air on BBC America later this year. The U.S. cable channel is a co-producer on the 6×1-hour first season of tpsychological thriller. Elba, an associated producer …

NASHVILLE: Tom Neff, founder and former CEO of The Documentary Channel (DOC), has set up a new venture to develop "branded documentaries." Via Tom Neff Productions (TNP), Neff will develop titles built around corporations and institutions, relaying their histories and issues …

LONDON/LAS VEGAS: FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed up the worldwide distributor (excluding Asia) for the boy-targeted animated property Monsuno from JAKKS Pacific and Dentsu, marking the first programming deal for the company’s recently launched children’s and family entertainment division. In January, JAKKS, which …

LONDON/TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Olivier Dumont has been tapped to lead all of E1 Entertainment’s kids’ programming operations, including development, production, sales, licensing and merchandising. As managing director of E1 Kids, Dumont will report directly to John Morayniss, CEO of E1 Television. His …

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Channel’s Tom Cosgrove has been selected to run the upcoming 3D network from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation. As president and CEO, Cosgrove has responsibility for all business and creative areas of the joint venture, reporting to …

BANFF: The Banff World Television Festival will present awards in three special achievement categories during a luncheon on June 14, to Temple Street Productions, Panavision and director Louie Psihoyos. Temple Street Productions is being honored with the Lionsgate/Maple Pictures Innovative …

LONDON/SYDNEY/CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s multiplatform video network Crackle is now available in the U.K. and Australia, in addition to its U.S. destination. Crackle is available in the U.S. at crackle.com, as well as at AOL, Bebo, Boxee, Break, Dailymotion, …

LONDON/MOSCOW: The science-fiction channel AXN SCI-FI is now available in more than 3 million households across Russia and the countries of CIS, with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) having notched up a slew of carriage agreements since the network’s December 2007 …