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LONDON: Former Disney executive Cindy Rose has been named executive director of television at Virgin Media, effective November 1. Rose will lead the British quad-play platform’s strategy for TV, including development of its digital platform and VOD service. Rose was most recently …

LONDON: The keynote address at this year’s Brand Licensing Europe will be delivered by Bruno Schwobthaler, the senior VP of sales and business development at Warner Bros. Consumer Products for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Schwobthaler will draw on …

BURBANK: Warner Home Video (WHV) says it will limit its new-release rentals at DVD kiosk company Redbox and is changing its policy with mail-order subscription service Netflix. WHV didn’t mention Redbox and Netflix in its brief statement late yesterday, just …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has given the go-ahead for two new original animated comedies, Regular Show and Horrorbots, in addition to picking up further episodes of The Marvelous MisAdventures of Flapjack and more scripts for Adventure Time.  Regular Show tells the …

TORONTO: After receiving more than 270 submissions for comedy-drama series proposals, Canadian multi-faith and multicultural network VisionTV has put three titles into development, with the view to greenlighting one for the fall of 2010.   Saint Michael, from Shaftesbury Films and …

NEW YORK: The feature-length Rock Prophecies, which chronicles the life of conflicted photographer Robert M. Knight, will be screening twice daily, starting today until August 20, at the International Documentary Association’s (IDA) 13th annual DocuWeeks Showcase. For the first screening, …

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Communications has secured a licensing agreement with Capcom Mobile to launch a mobile game based on the showCash Cab, to be available on most North American wireless carriers today for download. In the show, players ride along …

ATLANTA: TNT’s popular Holly Hunter drama Saving Grace, which has been averaging more than 3.5 million viewers during its run this summer, will come to an end in 2010, the cable network has announced. The original series from Fox Television Studios, in …

SINGAPORE: Nic van Zwanenberg has been named senior director of affiliate and multimedia sales for ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), where part of his remit will include strengthening relationships with platform operators in the region. He joins a team led by …

HONG KONG: A new reality series for Channel [V] and Star World in Asia gives young creative talent the opportunity to use HP technology to create multimedia projects in the fields of art, design, music, film, fashion and publishing. STAR …