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NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) will present the exclusive television premiere of three documentaries in May during its Monday Primetime Premieres lineup. The special month of prime-time programming begins with the exclusive broadcast of Utopia and Everything Everywhere, the final …

LONDON: The preschool series Mike the Knight and tween-skewing Kids Hate Clowns are among the new series on HIT Entertainment’s development slate. From Lunar Jim creator Alexander Bar, Mike the Knight follows a 10-year-old boy whose mission is to protect …

TORONTO: As its American counterpart prepares to ballot members, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has accepted the terms of a renewal of its agreement with the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and the Association des …

LONDON: High-definition versions of BBC programs the likes of Robin Hood and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross are now available on BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media. Virgin Media is the first TV platform to make BBC iPlayer available in full-screen …

NEW YORK: Forbes and E! Entertainment have signed a two-year partnership to produce eight hour-long celebrity specials, along with two half-hour celeb-lifestyle pilots. The shows will be broadcast in HD and will feature content based on Forbes editorial, offering a …

MEXICO CITY: While its revenues were up by 19.1 percent to Ps. 11.4 billion ($821 million) in the first quarter, Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa saw its net profit fall by 7.2 percent to Ps. 978 million ($71 million). Televisa attributed …

SYDNEY: Kylie Munnich has been promoted to VP of distribution for Australia and New Zealand at Sony Pictures Television (SPT), with Jack Ford, the executive VP and managing director for the region, stepping down. Ford will step down from his executive …

LOS ANGELES: Nora E. O’Brien, the VP of drama programming for NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, passed away suddenly earlier this week after collapsing on the set of the network’s series pilot Parenthood. She was just 44 years old. On Wednesday, O’Brien was …

NEW YORK: ESPN has launched its first branded high-definition service in Brazil on the SKY platform as part of a newly created ten-channel package. Billed as the country’s first all-sports, 24-hour high-definition channel, ESPN HD Brazil will feature a range of key sporting events, …

ARLINGTON: A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reveals that 14.5 million U.S. consumers are considering the purchase of an Internet-enabled television set in the next 12 months. According to Net-Enabled Video: Early Adopters Only?, about half of prospective …