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LOS ANGELES: Infinity Media is expanding its operations with the launch of an in-house TV division, Infinity TV, to develop both scripted and nonscripted material. Infinity TV will spearhead the development and production of a wide range of reality-based programming, …

SYDNEY/LONDON: Hugh Marks is stepping down as the CEO of Southern Star, while parent company Endemol today announced a management restructure that sees new roles for Marco Bassetti, Paul Römer and Tom Toumazis. At Southern Star, Marks is stepping down as …

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to produce a new feature-length documentary, to mark the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, featuring recordings of calls from people who were trapped in the twin towers of the World …

NEW YORK: The new HBO documentary Which Way Home, which looks at the issue of immigration reform through the eyes of Latin American children who have traveled hundreds of miles to get to the U.S., will debut August 24 at …

NEW YORK: Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) is working with U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo for a research initiative that aims to give advertisers a better understanding of Latino consumers—a demographic that stands at about 45 million people with a buying power of …

NEW YORK: truTV has ordered seven episodes of Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, as well as two other projects from A. Smith & Co. Productions. Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura features the Minnesota governor, who is also former professional wrestler …

BURBANK: FremantleMedia North America is reviving the Let’s Make a Deal classic game show for CBS, which is scheduled to launch the show, hosted by Wayne Brady, on October 5 in a weekday daytime slot. In the one-hour show, audience …

SINGAPORE: SPE Networks—Asia’s English-language entertainment channels AXN Beyond and Sony Entertainment Television (SET) have secured carriage in Indonesia on Indovision, joining the flagship AXN and the youth network Animax. “Indonesia is a huge market and it has one of the …

TORONTO: Temple Street Productions, the indie outfit behind series such as Being Erica and Queer as Folk, has signed with Creative Artists Agency for representation in the U.S. Temple Street has exported a number of scripted and nonscripted series into …

LONDON: Caroline Torrance, most recently with Endemol, is joining BBC Worldwide as its director of investment, heading up the company’s content acquisition team. Torrance takes over from Matt Forde, who has been upped to the position of executive VP of sales …