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SINGAPORE/LONDON: BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies are the newest channels from BBC Worldwide to launch on Hong Kong Cable.  These three additions join BBC Knowledge and BBC World News, which are already available on Hong Kong Cable. All five …

LOS ANGELES: Production is under way on the new Hallmark original movie Class, which stars Jodi Lynn O’Keefe, Justin Bruening, Constance Marie and Eric Roberts.  The movie follows a well-to-do law student (Bruening, Knight Rider, General Hospital), who is given an assignment to help a disadvantaged …

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment has picked up the rights to the animated series Basquash! from Dentsu for Latin America.  The 26-episode series, created by Thomas Romain and Shoji Kawamori, takes place in an alternate, futuristic version of Earth, where society is split between …

NEW YORK: The Next New Creators program is designed to discover and foster talent from across the web, by pairing Next New Networks with up-and-coming independent creators. Next New Networks will partner the burgeoning creators to distribute, promote, package and monetize …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Fox is warning Time Warner Cable subscribers that they may lose access to the FOX network and its sister cable channels should negotiations with the cable platform over carriage renewal break down. Fox says it has "attempted …

PARIS: TF1 has been granted the exclusive broadcast rights for the matches of France’s national football team from the Federal Council of the French Football Federation (FFF) for the next four seasons.    The deal, which includes friendlies and international games, …

NEW YORK: Nancy Tellem, the president of the Network Television Entertainment Group at CBS Corporation, will transition to a new role beginning in January, as senior advisor to the CEO. Stepping back from the day-to-day affairs, Tellem will focus her …

MILWAUKEE: After 23 years of advertising during the Super Bowl, Pepsi is shifting its ad dollars, mostly to online, and will not take part in next year’s football event on CBS, according to local reports.  Pepsi, which has advertised during …

LONDON: Endemol Germany is teaming up with Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann, the producers behind the Academy Award-winning film The Lives of Others, to set up Wiedemann Berg Television, which will specialize in drama programming. Wiedemann Berg Television will operate …

  NEW YORK: David Ellender, the global CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), talks in this video interview about the company’s reputation as a consistent supplier of quality content, and how the business of managing brands is changing.    Earlier this month, …