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HONG KONG: STAR is bringing nine additional channels to the Indonesian DTH platform Indovision, including five Hindi-language services, two Mandarin channels and two global news networks. Indovision already carries Star World, Star Movies and Channel [V] International. With the expanded carriage …

LONDON: David Rey is joining Discovery Networks EMEA from BSkyB to take up the post of COO, a newly created position at the company. Most recently business development director at Sky, Rey, based in London, will report to and partner with Arthur …

NEW YORK: The U.S. women’s entertainment network WE tv has announced a slate of originals, both new and returning, alongside documentary specials in production and development. The network has greenlit the 6×1-hour Girl Meets Gown, a series that captures brides-to-be …

AMSTERDAM: Absolutely Independent has received a commission from German pubcaster WDR for six episodes of its Memories format. WDR is slated to premiere the series in a Friday 9 p.m. slot at the end of this month. Liebe ist Alles …

PASADENA: Exclusively for the PBS children’s website PBSKidsgo.org, Wilson & Ditch: Digging America, produced by The Jim Henson Company, targets kids 6 to 10 with the cross-country adventures of two gophers. The show teaches kids about American culture, history and …

NEW YORK: Andrew Plotkin has been named senior VP of original programming at Syfy, reporting to Mark Stern, the executive VP of original programming at the cable network and the co-head of original content at Universal Cable Productions.   Plotkin began his …

PARIS: Eva Hachem is to head the coordination of teams and supervision of news bulletins for France 24’s Arabic channel. Appointed senior news producer, Hachem has more than 20 years of experience at the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International, the first private TV …

BURBANK: Francia Raisa and Brendan Fehr have signed to star in the ABC Family and MGM Television original production The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice, the fourth installment in the franchise. The two-hour original movie will begin principal photography this …

PAWTUCKET: Stephen J. Davis, a former president of Granada America, has joined Hasbro’s newly formed Los Angeles-based studio as president, producing titles for the company’s new joint-venture network with Discovery Communications that launches in the fall of 2010. Hasbro Studios …

LOS ANGELES: In its 25th awards ceremony over the weekend, the Television Critics Association named Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica—which wrapped its final season in March—as the program of the year. HBO was also a bigger winner at the TCA Awards, scoring three in total: …