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LONDON: FremantleMedia has announced the return of Project Runway Philippines, to launch in its second season in August on ETC Entertainment Central. American-Filipino model and actress Teresa Herrera returns as host for the new season, alongside the judging panel: Filipino …

BOSTON: The U.S. ranks 20th in global broadband household penetration, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, while five of the top ten markets for broadband were Asian countries. Sixty percent of U.S. households accessed the Internet last year …

LOS ANGELES: A. Smith & Co. Productions and Mentorn USA are starting production on The Streets of America: The Search for America’s Worst Driver for Travel Channel. Based on Mentorn’s successful international format, The Search for America’s Worst Driver is …

NEW YORK: The hit teen telenovela Isa TKM (Te Quiero Mucho) will make its U.S. premiere on MTV Tr3s on June 22. The 105-episode telenovela from Sony Pictures Televison centers on a charismatic teenager named Isabella, who is on the …

WEESP: Network 10 in Australia has bagged the rights for the action-adventure property Huntik: Secrets & Seekers from Big Bocca Productions, and is airing the show Monday to Friday at 7 a.m. Created by Iginio Straffi, the author of the …

LONDON: High Point Media Group is to represent the catalogue of Mumbai-based Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) outside of India, kicking off the partnership with the release of the film Ek Tho Chance (Last Chance Mumbai). Last Chance Mumbai follows the …

LONDON: Lucy Lumsden is leaving the BBC after 11 years, having most recently served as the head of comedy commissioning, to join Sky1 as the channel’s head of comedy. Lumsden takes on the role in fall. She’s served as the …

LOS ANGELES: Jeff Pryor, the former executive VP of corporate communications for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), is returning to Priority PR to head up the marketing and publicity agency, which he founded in 1990. Pryor is bringing on MGM as a …

GENEVA: Rights-management collection organization AGICOA has appointed Paul Duggan as its CEO, effective immediately. Duggan was previously CEO of consultancy firm Intermedia Partners, and for the last ten years has advised corporations and governments in Europe, Asia and the Middle …

SAN FRANCISCO: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has appointed Lisa Napolitano as director of sales and retail and Heather Cavalli as product development and administration coordinator. Napolitano joins JTMG with a background in strategic marketing, licensing and retail business development …