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NEW YORK, June 24: U.S. Hispanic network V-me has added new members to its business development, sales and operations teams. Richard Taub has been named to the newly created role of VP of business development, leading mergers and acquisitions, distribution, …

MOSCOW, June 24: Anton Kudryashov has been appointed as the new CEO of Russia’s CTC Media, succeeding Alexander Rodnyansky, who will remain in his role as president of the company. Kudryashov’s appointment is effective August 4. He was previously an …

LONDON, June 23: Pilot Productions has secured a number of international deals on a range of programming, including several for its Globe Trekker franchise. In Europe, TVE in Spain and France 5 took on seasons 12 and 13 of Globe …

LOS ANGELES, June 23: Scott Sternberg Productions has formed a new documentary division, which will produce one to two feature-length docs a year under the Scott Sternberg Productions banner. The division will be headed by Scott Sternberg, the president and …

NEW YORK, June 23: Exim Licensing Group has closed a deal with Chorion to represent its Mr. Men & Little Miss publishing-based brand for merchandising and promotions in Latin America, the Caribbean and Hispanic Puerto Rico. The Mr. Men & …

STUDIO CITY, June 23: Crown Media Holdings has signed a multi-year agreement with Cox Communications for the rights to distribute the high-definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel. Cox currently distributes Hallmark Channel and the standard-definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel. …

CULVER CITY, June 23: John Weiser will continue as the president of distribution for Sony Pictures Television (SPT), overseeing all of the company’s U.S. sales operations. Weiser also directs all distribution of SPT product to the Spanish-language networks serving U.S. …

SAN DIEGO, June 23: MediaFLO USA, ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports on NBC 2Go will provide comprehensive live coverage of championship tennis from Wimbledon on the FLO TV service, starting today. Available to AT&T subscribers as AT&T Mobile TV …

LOS ANGELES, June 23: Comcast-owned Fandango has acquired Movies.com, a movie content site previously owned by The Walt Disney Internet Group, and will now provide online ticketing for Movies.com users, with access to more than 15,000 screens across the U.S. …

NEW YORK/LONDON, June 23: IMG Worldwide’s sports production and distribution arm has reached a deal to exclusively represent all of Fox Sports International’s (FSI) programming outside of the U.S. IMG Sports Media will assume full distribution responsibilities for FSI’s catalogue …