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NEW YORK: Fox Television Stations has renewed Debmar-Mercury International‘s The Wendy Williams Show through the 2011-2012 season.  The renewals includes Fox owned-and-operated stations in markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas. The show launched in the U.S. …

LOS ANGELES: Toei Animation and Well Go USA have signed a second DVD deal for the animated property Digimon Data Squad, the fifth installment in the successful franchise. Well Go USA will debut the Collection Two special edition set in …

LONDON: Archie Norman, the former chief executive of U.K. supermarket chain Asda, has been tapped to replace Michael Grade as the chairman of ITV. Norman is to take up the post in January, when Grade steps down as executive chairman. John …

MUNICH: Tandem Communications has appointed Philip Hahn as post-production producer and has promoted Patrick Phelan to senior sales manager. Prior to joining Tandem, Hahn was senior project producer at ARRI Film & TV Services, responsible for business development of hardware …

LOS ANGELES: The yet-to-be named Discovery Communications-Hasbro children’s network, slated for launch in late 2010, has added four new senior executives to its team.   Amber Fredman-Tarshis has been appointed chief marketing officer, joining from a role as VP of marketing for Victoria’s Secret. Fredman-Tarshis …

LOS ANGELES: Nickelodeon has ordered a half-hour comedy pilot about a group of kids at summer camp from Peter Barsocchini, writer of the High School Musical movies.   Reveille and E1 Entertainment are co-producing the pilot, which follows a group …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment International (DQE) has struck a deal for its new 3-D series The Jungle Book to air on Disney channels in 29 countries across the Indian Sub-Continent and Southeast Asia. The deal provides the exclusive broadcast rights for …

HONG KONG: Coverage of the Barclays Premier League in Hong Kong is returning to cable platform i-CABLE beginning in the 2010/2011 season after three years on PCCW’s IPTV platform now TV. In a brief statement, i-CABLE said the three-year deal …

NEW YORK: The exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for This Is It, a tribute to Michael Jackson’s life and career that features behind-the-scenes footage of the King of Pop during concert rehearsals, have been awarded to MTV Networks.  The Sony Pictures Television film …

LOS GATOS: Netflix members can now instantly watch thousands of movies and TV shows directly on Internet-enabled Sony BRAVIA sets and Blu-ray disc player. Through a previously signed partnership, Netflix’s 12,000-title catalogue is available through Sony BRAVIA Internet Video-capable HDTVs, …