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LOS ANGELES, November 21: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) returned to negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for the first time in four months yesterday, with the assistance of a federal mediator. The groups are …

LONDON, November 21: After a ten-year tenure with Channel 4, Polly Cochrane is set to join Warner Bros. U.K. in April 2009 as its new VP and group marketing director. Cochrane will be responsible for establishing a "best in class" …

GENEVA/LEMESOS, November 21: As the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest comes to a close tomorrow, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and UNICEF have renewed their cooperation for the upcoming event in a fundraising effort focused on helping children. UNICEF will …

LONDON, November 21: World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) November international tour drew in $15.1 million, selling out in France, Germany, Belgium and the U.K. The tour breaks WWE's previous record of $14.5 million that its tour brought in this April. "This …

VIENNA, November 21: A handful of new programs, including the music special Christmas in Vienna, will be on offer from the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) for buyers at the upcoming ATF. Christmas in Vienna is a traditional Christmas concert that …

MIAMI, November 21: Telemendo Internacional has prepped a slate of telenovelas for the Asia TV Forum (ATF) that includes highlights such as the 105×1-hour Without Breasts There is No Paradise. Adapted from the hit Colombian telenovela, Without Breasts There is …

SILVER SPRING, November 21: Discovery Communications is launching a new line of branded merchandise for the popular Discovery Kids' Doki character in Latin America in time for the holiday season. Discovery Enterprises International, the sales arm of Discovery Communications, will …

BEVERLY HILLS/OTTAWA, November 21: Televix Entertainment has picked up the Latin American broadcast and home-video rights for Amberwood Entertainment's RollBots. RollBots follows Spin, a crime-fighting 'bot who takes on criminals in Flip City. While on his adventures, Spin discovers many …

CENTENNIAL/NEW YORK, November 21: Comcast-owned International Networks, an aggregator of multi-ethnic programming in the U.S., has struck a deal to launch German channels Deutsche Welle and ProSiebenSat.1 Welt on Verizon's FiOS TV service. The two general-entertainment networks have launched on …

NEW YORK, November 21: A new deal between entertainment studio and new-media platform My Damn Channel and Comedy Central's digital comedy network Atom.com sees the cross-distribution of a range of the companies' original productions. My Damn Channel will launch a …