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LOS ANGELES: AmericanLife Network (ALN) has appointed industry veterans Ed Frazier, John Goldhammer and Jon Lunsford to take on senior roles at the baby-boomer network. Frazier will serve as managing director of network operations. Goldhamer will serve as executive VP …

HONG KONG: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has named Todd Miller as executive VP of networks for the Asia Pacific, overseeing all of the company’s channels across the region. Miller’s expanded remit includes the branded television networks AXN, ANIMAX and Sony …

SCHAUMBURG/HONG KONG: STAR launched four of its South Asian channels—Star India Plus, Star One, Star India News and Star India Gold—on Comcast Cable in Chicago. The channels, delivering Hindi entertainment, news and Bollywood films, launched on Comcast in Chicago today. “We …

TORONTO: DECODE Enterprises has notched up international sales in France, Scandinavia, Canada and Latin America for the family series Grandpa in My Pocket, produced by Adastra Creative. Canal+ in France, French-speaking TFO and Knowledge in Canada, CBeebies Latin America, Norway’s …

SILVER SPRING: Next month, Planet Green is set to premiere the six-part series The 100 Mile Challenge, based on the 2006 bestselling book The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating. The show is being billed as part reality series, part docu-soap, …

LONDON: The BBC Trust has launched a review of BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and the Red Button. Although this is part of a regular series of reviews, it will be the largest and most significant the Trust has …

BERLIN:  The European Film Awards, taking place this December in Germany, has added an animated feature category, in partnership with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film. Three nominees will be selected by a committee of experts and then submitted to European Film …

    NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has licensing agents in Latin America, Mexico, Canada and Australia and New Zealand for Amberwood Entertainment’s RollBots. Exim Licensing Group will represent licensing in Latin America, while Tycoon Enterprises takes on responsibility for Mexico. …

MILAN/PARIS: Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop have secured a string of deals for the animated series Geronimo Stilton, with broadcasters such as TV2 Norway and MTV3 in Finland. Nickelodeon Northern Europe also picked up the rights for the 26×22-minute series, for …

LONDON: UKTV and ITV Studios Global Entertainment are on board to co-produce a third season of Shaftesbury Films’ Citytv series Murdoch Mysteries. The agreement grants UKTV’s Alibi channel the exclusive British multichannel and non-linear broadcast rights to the 13×1-hour period …