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NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that actor Ed Westwick will join MTV’s Alexa Chung and recording artist Moby on stage as presenters at the 2009 International Emmy Awards. British TV personality Graham Norton returns to …

LONDON: Virgin1 has signed a deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the DTT rights to air the sci-fi drama Warehouse 13 and medical series Trauma in the U.K.  Airing on Syfy in the U.S., and recently renewed for a …

LONDON: The average viewer in the U.K. watched 16 hours and 20 minutes of commercial broadcast TV a week from January to September this year, up 11 minutes from the same period last year, according to new figures from Thinkbox. …

SANTA MONICA: Graham King’s GK Films has launched a new company division dedicated to the development, production and worldwide distribution of TV programming, GK-TV, with former Lionsgate exec Craig Cegielski at the helm. As president of GK-TV, Cegielski will be …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports and SingTel are launching the 24-hour sports-news channel ESPNEWS on the mioTV platform. ESPNEWS will provide real-time news of local, regional and international sporting events. The channel will feature a bottom line graphic that streams results …

LONDON: BBC Entertainment and preschool channel CBeebies have launched in Argentina through a distribution agreement with Supercanal. The announcement comes just two months after the first anniversary of the launch of CBeebies and BBC Entertainment in Latin America, where both …

LONDON: The U.K.’s plans to deal with illegal file-sharing and set guidelines for the digital age were outlined in a speech on the Digital Economy Bill given by the Queen, with full legislation to be released on Friday.   The …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has secured a deal with TV4 Fakta for two seasons of Crash Investigation Unit along with all four seasons of Serious Crash Unit to air in Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden. The total package includes 48 episodes. Serious Crash …

  LONDON: Fireworks International has sold the live-action comedy series Family Biz to Boomerang in Latin America. Produced by Muse Entertainment/Summit Crescent Productions and Breakout Films, the 26×30-minute series will premiere this month and will air in a evening prime-time …

ROME: The Fremantle Corporation has entered into a co-production agreement with the DeAngelis Group (DAP) Italy aimed at creating high-profile projects for global distribution. The first project slated to start production this spring is the mini-series The Merchant of Flowers. …