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SYDNEY: The Bio and Bio HD channels in the U.K. are set to air Beyond Distribution’s Six Degrees of TV beginning this July. The 26-episode series will air in prime time. The show, launched at MIPTV, uses insider stories, shocking connections …

TORONTO: YTV has given a second season order to the sketch comedy show That’s So Weird! from DHX Media-owned Halifax Film. The live-action sketch comedy series is set at Weird TV, a forgotten cable television network that is taken over by …

NEW YORK: Univision, which has the U.S. Spanish-language rights to the World Cup, has inked a deal to offer all 64 games on demand via Time Warner Cable. The games will be available 24 hours after broadcast on Lo Mejor On …

BANFF/BOSTON: Paula A. Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, will deliver the CBC Opening Keynote at the Banff World Television Festival on June 14. In the opening presentation that kicks off the festival (which runs June 13 to 16), Kerger will …

LOS ANGELES: Castalia Communications has signed a deal to distribute the Peruvian channel Perú Mágico—operated by Telefónica’s Media Networks Latin America—in the U.S. and North America. The channel is made up of programming from three of Peru’s leading pay-TV services—Plus TV, …

SANTA MONICA: The original British version of Queer as Folk makes its U.S. premiere on Ovation next month, kicking off the cable network’s “Art Out Loud" programming strand. Beginning June 20 at 7 p.m., “Art Out Loud" explores the influence of …

NEW YORK: Media Entertainment Group’s Peter Greén and Sarah Coursey talk about how they are positioning the recently launched MEG Formats division on the international market in this video interview.   At the end of 2009, Media Entertainment Group (MEG) expanded its …

LOS ANGELES: The opening general session at NCTA’s Cable Show in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon featured a diverse group of content and distribution panelists—including Viacom’s Philippe Dauman, Discovery’s David Zaslav and Time Warner Cable’s Glenn Britt—discussing the business models for making …

LONDON/STOCKHOLM: Anna Carrfors Bråkenhielm is stepping down as CEO of the ITV Studios-owned Scandinavian production company Silverback. Veronica Sudin, currently COO, will assume the role of interim managing director, while Bråkenhielm will remain in an advisory capacity, ITV Studios said in a statement. …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company boosted its second-quarter profits by 52.8 percent in the second quarter to $998 million, thanks in large part to its film division, on revenues that were 6 percent higher at $8.6 billion. “The incredible box …