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LONDON: Richard Life has been promoted to head of acquisitions and co-productions at ITV Studios Global Entertainment, while Emmanuelle Namiech is stepping down from her post after more than a decade at the company. Namiech is currently the director of …

PARIS: The export awards, which highlight the economic and cultural impact of French television program exports, were presented by TV France International to SamSam, Becoming a Woman in Zanskar and Mafiosa. SamSam, distributed by Moonscoop, won in the animation category. …

SAN DIEGO: FLO TV has inked an expanded agreement with The Walt Disney Company to add content from ABC and Disney Channel to its service, joining ESPN MobileTV, which is already available in the lineup.   FLO TV users will …

NEW YORK: The recently formed Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) has appointed Jane Clark to oversee all day-to-day activities as managing director. CIMM was created by a range of content companies and ad buyers to identify new methodologies for audience measurement. …

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media and Russell Simmons are developing a new behind-the-scenes docuseries, The Russell Simmons Project, which will feature the women who assist the mogul in his business and everyday life.  Simmons’ assistants not only manage his business affairs, …

HONG KONG: FOX International Channels is launching the Korean entertainment service tvN in Hong Kong on PCCW’s now TV IPTV platform. A joint venture between FIC and Korea’s CJ Media, the channel will be versioned in Chinese for Hong Kong …

  HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment (DQE) has signed an exclusive broadcast deal with ABC TV of Australia for the 52-episode animated series The Jungle Book, as well as a one-hour feature.    The 3-D CGI series, adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s classic …

TORONTO: On the heels of its launch in Singapore, Sundance Channel is headed to Canada through a licensing agreement between Corus Entertainment and Rainbow Media. Set to launch on March 1, 2010, Sundance Channel features a broad range of programming, …

LONDON: GroupM and ZenithOptimedia have both upgraded their advertising forecasts for 2010, predicting growth of just under 1 percent following the declines of this year. According to GroupM research, ad spending will be down by 6.6 percent this year to …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for Sweden, Norway and Denmark for the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. WRC will be broadcast on Viasat Motor in Sweden and Norway and …