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NEW YORK: Lost, Saturday Night Live and Grey’s Anatomy are among the most-viewed shows from U.S. network online video players, according to data from The Nielsen Company. Surveying usage on the broadcast networks’ websites and embedded players, Nielsen reported that Lost had …

LONDON: Pioneer Productions has received a fast-track commission from Channel 4 for an hour-long documentary looking at this month’s unusual snowfall in the U.K.  Tentatively titled Snowstorm: Britain’s Big Freeze, the project follows the devastation brought on by the largest …

LOS ANGELES: The American Idol Experience, a new attraction based on the hit series on FOX, has opened at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The destination was developed by Walt Disney Imagineering in conjunction with FremantleMedia Enterprises and …

NEW YORK: Fred’s Head, How She Move, Instant Star and Sticks and Stones have been selected as finalists for the $50,000 Shaw Rock Prize, which recognizes the year’s best in Canadian youth programming. Fred’s Head, from Spectra Animation, is a comedy …

MIAMI: Tatiana Rodriguez has been promoted to senior VP of programming and creative strategy for Nickelodeon Latin America. Rodriguez most recently served as VP of programming and creative strategy, and will continue to oversee the operations and programming for the …

SINGAPORE: Universal Channel and SCI FI will launch in Papua New Guinea on March 1, available on the digital MMDS service owned by  Hitron. Universal Channel is now available in six markets and SCI FI is now in seven countries in …

LONDON: The Digital Rights Group has closed three format sales in Spain for titles from the C4i catalogue: Time Team, That’ll Tech Em and My Famous Family.  Batabat optioned the rights for Time Team. The show will feature a team …

TORONTO: The Canadian performers union is calling on the CRTC to encourage local private broadcasters to ramp up their domestic content output in the wake of a report revealing a 7-percent rise in expenditures on imported fare. The Canadian Radio-television …

NEW YORK: AETN International has signed up several new international broadcasters for its hit factual series Ice Road Truckers, among them, M6 in France. Season one was also licensed to TV3 in New Zealand and RTL Klub in Hungary. Season …

STOCKHOLM: NonStop Television is launching the new TV7 channel in Scandinavia on February 14, targeting women with exclusive series, romantic films and lifestyle shows.  The entertainment channel will focus on love, drama and passion. It will broadcast American dramas, sitcoms, …