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MONACO: Klaus Bassiner, the managing director of series at ZDF, will present the opening speech on the second day of TV Xchanges as part of the 50th annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival. TV Xchanges, taking place June 9 and 10 during …

HONG KONG: The English-language entertainment channel Granada TV has expanded its reach into Taiwan and Thailand, together adding more than 3.5 million households to its distribution across Asia and the Middle East. In Thailand, Granada TV is now available to …

CANNES: Airports across Europe reopened today, six days after ash from an Icelandic volcano shut down airspace, but MIPTV delegates still trying to get home are coping with a huge backlog of flights. Flights are departing and arriving in Paris …

BURBANK: A new programming volume deal sees Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) Nova TV network become Warner Bros. International Television Distribution’s (WBITD) free-TV partner in Croatia. Nova TV takes on new shows from the U.S. 2009-10 season such as The …

NEW YORK: The TV Land PRIME original sitcom Retired at 35, starring George Segal, has been greenlit for ten episodes. In the pilot episode, a successful young businessman decides to leave New York City behind to move into his parents …

BOSTON: The faith-based channel CatholicTV has finalized a carriage agreement with Comcast Corporation. The channel offers news, talk, entertainment, international event coverage and devotional series, as well as a full range of VOD content. It also broadcasts live Sunday mass …

  WASHINGTON, D.C./LOS ANGELES: Philippe Dauman, David Zaslav, Jeffrey Bewkes and Brian Roberts are among the leading media executives slated to take part in the general sessions at The Cable Show in Los Angeles next month. The National Cable & Telecommunications …

NEW YORK: The fourth season of the hit drama Mad Men makes its debut on AMC on July 25, to be followed later this summer by the premiere of the new original series Rubicon. The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series …

NEW YORK: Production begins today on the U.S. version of Top Gear, with BBC Worldwide Productions readying the show for a fall premiere on HISTORY. The ten-episode show about automobiles and driving, co-produced by HISTORY and BBC Worldwide, will be hosted by …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Parenthood, executive produced by Ron Howard, has been renewed by NBC for a second run in the 2010-11 season. The one-hour drama, inspired by Howard’s box-office comedy hit of the same name, debuted March 2 on NBC. The …