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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA: At a press conference in New York this morning, Time Warner announced a partnership with Comcast Corporation that gives the cable giant’s customers online access to a slate of Turner Broadcasting content. As part of the TV Everywhere …

BOSTON: APT Worldwide has secure the international representation rights for the special Artist’s Table, featuring chef Jacques Pépin and renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman.  Produced by Full Plate Media, the special features the two luminaries indulging in conversation, while they plan, present …

LOS ANGELES: Following Monday night’s episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, during which the much talked about couple announced they were filing for divorce—garnering a record 10.6 million viewers for TLC—the Discovery Communications-owned cable network has announced that the …

NEW YORK: The Sundance Channel docuseries Brick City, executive produced by Forest Whitaker and filmmakers Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin, launches on September 21 at 10 p.m., airing for five consecutive nights. The five one-hour episodes spotlight thee challenges facing …

LOS ANGELES: Just a week after announcing a 30-percent staff reduction in the U.S., MySpace is restructuring its international operations, closing at least four offices and laying off some 300 employees. The move lowers the international staff count to about …

NEW YORK: Making her return to reality TV, Jessica Simpson is to host a new VH1 docuseries, The Price of Beauty, produced by RDF USA. The show will follow as Simpson travels around the world to meet ordinary women and …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed Astrid Quentell as managing director and senior VP of production for Germany. Christiane Ruff, the managing director and executive VP of SPT production in Germany, is leaving the company after 13 years. Quentell steps …

TORONTO: This fall, GlassBOX Television will launch a 24-hour music channel, called AUX, on Rogers Cable. GlassBOX premiered the brand as a web destination in November and has begun running a weekly two-hour block from the service on Mondays on BiteTV, …

VINCENNES/MONTREAL: Gaumont-Alphanim and Muse Entertainment are teaming with Tribal Nova for an online interactive game based on the 52×13-minute animated series The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog. The title is set to roll out in January 2010. TVO, TFO, Radio-Canada and France 5 are …

LONDON: Diverse, a Zodiak Entertainment company, has named Alan Brown as its group creative director. An industry veteran, Brown has originated and produced a wide range of hit shows—from factual-entertainment formats, comedy-entertainment panel shows and documentary series—over the past ten …