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LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has secured a range of sales for Nickelodeon programs across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Avatar is set to broadcast on Hong Kong’s TVB channel. The series has already been picked up by ATV. This …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has been named exclusive international distributor for the 2010 Spirit Awards, which will air live on March 5 on IFC. The Spirit Awards honor films made by filmmakers who embody independence. The event …

ATLANTA: The original 1972 holiday classic The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t is to air on Boomerang on November 26, with two telecasts, at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.  To air on Thanksgiving day, The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t is set in 1621 and …

LOS ANGELES: George Segal is set to star in a new comedy pilot for TV Land, Retired at 35. The project follows a successful young businessman who decides to leave New York and move into his father’s Florida retirement home. Segal …

LOS ANGELES: The basic cable channel FX has picked up the rights to air 2012, the disaster movie that was first place at the box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $225 million worldwide. From Roland Emmerich, the Sony Pictures movie drew …

WEST PALM BEACH: ION Television Network has slated a Feastwood film event, featuring movies that star Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood, for the weekend of November 26.  ION Television’s themed programming event kicks off with Pale Rider (1985), where Eastwood is …

BURBANK: Michael Puopolo has been appointed to the newly created position of VP of research at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Puopolo will lead the worldwide research activities for WBITD and will also provide research counsel to Warner Bros. International …

  CALGARY: Flashpoint was named best dramatic series at the 24th annual Gemini Awards, while Rick Mercer Report won in the comedy category. Flashpoint‘s Enrico Colantoni won the Gemini for best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic …

LOS ANGELES: Burdened by nearly $4 billion in debt, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) has announced it is looking for a buyer. The Hollywood studio is exploring a number of options, which include selling, merging with another media company or remaining independent with …

BURBANK: Fourth-quarter profit at The Walt Disney Company increased by 18 percent to $895 million, while revenues rose by 4 percent to $9.9 billion.   The Q4 profit boost was attributed to gains from the merger of Lifetime and AETN …