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  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, …

ORLANDO: This spring, a new six-part celebrity reality series from Donald Trump is headed to Golf Channel. Donald J. Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Trump’s golf empire, which includes properies from West Palm …

TORONTO: Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of the international bestseller Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, has been named as keynote speaker at the 2010 History Makers Conference, being held in New York City from January 27 to 29. …

HONG KONG: ITV Studios Global Entertainment is to launch the general-entertainment channel Granada TV on Astro in Malaysia. The channel offers a lineup of contemporary dramas, comedy, reality programming and talk and entertainment shows. Programs available to Astro viewers as …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered a second season of the weekly series Tosh.O, which features comedian Daniel Tosh, who the network has signed to shoot an original one-hour stand-up special.   The second season of Tosh.O consists of 25 episodes, …

TORONTO: Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group has finalized a deal with E1 Entertainment to launch the first season of the classic animated series The Raccoons on iTunes Canada. The Raccoons originally aired weekly in prime time on CBC Canada, Disney …

TORONTO: Global Television’s prime-time schedule for 2010 will feature, among other series, the Mark Burnett-produced Shark Tank, making its debut on January 8. The 35th annual People’s Choice Awards starts things off on January 6. 24 returns in its eighth …

TORONTO: SPACE has announced the exclusive Canadian acquisition of the second season of Stargate Universe (SGU), produced and distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution. The 20 all-new hour-long episodes are slated for the fall 2010 schedule. After the episodes air, …

LONDON/ISTANBUL: Universal Networks International is launching Universal Channel on the D-Smart platform in Turkey. Universal Channel will premiere a range of series such as Law & Order, House, Flashpoint, The Office, 30 Rock and Flipping Out. The channel also features …

BURBANK: The long-running ABC daytime dramas All My Children and One Life to Live have been added to the ABC.com online video player. The five most recent episodes of each will be available in the player, with the current broadcasts …