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SAN DIEGO: WealthTV has signed an agreement with Sony Pictures Television for a range of movies to air on the lifestyle network in HD throughout 2010, including titles such as All the King’s Men. The initial airing of All the …

MIAMI: Dori Media Group has secured new deals for its multiplatform telenovela Amanda O in Poland and Hungary, bringing the number of countries that have acquired the series to 36 in the year since its launch. The show was also …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International’s India: A Love Story, the winner of the International Emmy Award this year for best telenovela, will make its debut on January 11 in Romania on Acasa TV in prime time.  In Brazil, the novela …

LOS ANGELES: Kevin MacLellan is to take on responsibility for Comcast Entertainment Productions, adding to his current role as president of Comcast International Media Group (CIMG). MacLellan will lead the entertainment productions department. He will oversee the production of franchises like …

NEW YORK: Rob Norman has been named CEO of GroupM North America, as part of a restructuring move that will see him sharing management responsibilities for the company with Rino Scanzoni, GroupM’s chief investment officer.  Norman succeeds Marc Goldstein, who will leave his …

CAMBRIDGE: David Mendels is to serve as the president and chief operating officer for Brightcove, where he will be responsible for driving the online video platform’s global expansion strategy and operations. Mendels joins Brightcove most recently from Adobe, where he …

MONTEREY: American consumers spent more money going out to the movies than they did on DVDs last year, according to Adams Media Research, with home-entertainment sales dropping 13 percent in 2009. The report, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, reports …

BRISTOL: ESPN has announced plans to launch the industry’s first 3D television network in June in time for the World Cup opening match between South Africa and Mexico on June 11. ESPN 3D promises at least 85 live sporting events …

PARIS: The European Commission will take part in MIPTV’s fifth annual Content 360 competition this year with its own category, while France’s TF1 joins the BBC, National Film Board of Canada and the Korea Communications Commission in creating another new …

LOS ANGELES: NBC’s Heroes was the most illegally downloaded show of 2009, according to the blog TorrentFreak, which reports on Internet file-sharing.  The most-pirated episode of Heroes was downloaded approximately 6.6 million times, which is half a million more than …