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TORONTO: Rodrigo Pizá has been named VP for Latin America at Cookie Jar Entertainment, responsible for overseeing sales for new programming and consumer products throughout the region, based at the company’s Toronto headquarters. Pizá most recently served as VP of television …

LOS ANGELES: The hit fashion-competition Project Runway made its debut outing on Lifetime, beating out all cable competition in key demographics and coming in as the highest-rated premiere for the series. Project Runway generated a 3.2 rating among women 18 …

SINGAPORE: The entertainment news series TMZ is now available in Asia on HBO’s network of channels, with daily segments to air within 24 hours of their U.S. broadcast from Tuesday to Saturday. TMZ daily news segments will run after the …

HILVERSUM: The game-show formats Pyramid, 50-50 and Russian Roulette have been sold by 2waytraffic to Egyptian broadcaster ERTU. Pyramid originally launched in the U.S. more than 30 years ago. The game show has since aired in 20 countries, including the …

SUNNYVALE: A new white paper from research firm In-Stat and technology firm Telegent Systems predicts that the number of free-to-air analogue mobile TV users worldwide will rise from 54 million today to 300 million by 2013. Analogue mobile TV has …

LONDON: The Royal Television Society’s (RTS) bi-annual Cambridge Convention, which will take place at Kings College from September 16 to 18, will focus on how the British media industry can adapt in the current economic climate to ensure a strong …

NEW YORK: MTV is developing an American version of Skins, the popular E4/Channel 4 youth drama that is airing in the U.S. on BBC America. Created by father and son team Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, Skins, represented worldwide by …

NEW YORK: Blair Westlake, the corporate VP of Microsoft’s Media & Entertainment Group, will serve as the Gala Chair of this year’s International Emmy Awards, which take place on November 23 in New York City. Making the announcement, Bruce L. Paisner, …

COLOGNE: ohm:tv’s quiz format Beauty Queen has been optioned in the U.S. and Canada by FremantleMedia North America, following options in Spain, Finland and Germany. Each episode of Beauty Queen sees a new hair salon—ranging from the upscale stylish and trendy to …

CULVER CITY: This Is It, the film featuring footage from Michael Jackson’s last concert rehearsals, will be screened in theaters for just two weeks, Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced, with the release date moved up to October 28. Sony Pictures …