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NEW YORK: The documentary Aftershock: Surviving Haiti, from Toronto-based producer Claude Barnes of Keep It In The Family Productions for Canada’s Equator HD channel, spotlights the second stage of the earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti. Barnes and crew landed in Haiti …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution has lined up a number of documentaries to showcase for buyers at MIPDOC, including the environmental-themed 100 Heartbeats with Jeff Corwin. 100 Heartbeats with Jeff Corwin, produced for MSNBC by Peacock Productions, pieces together the …

LOS ANGELES: The animated action-comedy series Hero: 108 from Moonscoop launches today on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and U.K., taking a weekday slot. The Flash-animated series will air at 7 a.m. in the U.S. and 4 p.m. in the …

PARIS: Vivendi says it reached it targets for 2009, reporting revenues that were up 6.9 percent to 27.1 billion euros and an adjusted net income of 2.6 billion euros. Jean-Bernard Lévy, the chairman of the Management Board, noted: “In 2009, …

LONDON: Maximilian Bolenius is to serve as the VP of sales for German-speaking Europe and Eastern Europe at FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), joining from a role as director of sales at ZDF Enterprises. Reporting to Mel Acock, the London-based CEO, Bolenius …

LONDON: RDF Rights has named Karen Vermeulen as its new VP and head of global TV sales and co-production for the kids and family division. Most recently, Vermeulen was the director of program distribution for the U.K. and Ireland at The …

LOS ANGELES: The national board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has approved plans to jointly negotiate its next prime-time TV contract alongside the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). The contracts that AFTRA and SAG currently have with the Alliance …

LONDON: Endemol has picked up a controlling interest in WeiT Media, a Russian production company headed up by Timur Weinstein that works across drama, entertainment, animation, feature films and TV movies, documentaries and digital content. Established in August 2009 by Weinstein, …

MIAMI: Maggie Salas-Amaro has been named director of network strategies at América CV Network, where she will oversee the expansion and in-market strategies for CV 48, CV 24, C34 and WJAN-America TeVe channel 41. Salas-Amaro was previously the director of …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Jeff Zucker and Brian Roberts faced the House Judiciary Committee yesterday in defense of the Comcast/NBC Universal deal. Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast, and Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, each presented the case for Comcast’s …