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SYDNEY, November 12: Southern Star International's half-hour series Animal Emergency has been scooped up by Virgin Media Television to air on LIVING2 in the U.K. Produced by Nine Network Australia, Animal Emergency looks at one of the world's largest animal …

NEW YORK, November 12: Since presenting Seven Ages of Rock to buyers at the BBC Showcase Latin America in September, BBC Worldwide Americas has notched up a string of sales for the music-focused series in Brazil, Paraguay and Chile, among …

MUNICH, November 12: BSkyB's Nicola Bamford has been tapped to take over the responsibilities of Premiere's chief programming officer, Hans Seger, who is leaving the German platform at the end of January. "I had eight thrilling and exciting years at …

LONDON, November 12: Dawn Airey is busy assembling her new team at Five, tapping Sky's Richard Woolfe to be the channel's controller. The announcement follows news that Jeff Ford would leave Channel 4 to become managing director of digital channels …

NEW YORK, November 12: As part of NBC Universal's "Green is Universal" initiative, the series Lipstick Jungle, Saturday Night Live and Nightly News with Brian Williams have committed to being carbon-neutral productions. NBCU will work with consultant Greenhouse Gas Services …

LOS ANGELES, November 12: In the heavily broadband-penetrated South Korean market, Warner Bros. is shuttering its DVD marketing and distribution operation, with plans to shift that business to a local licensee. The move comes about six weeks after Warner Bros. …

NEW YORK/LONDON, November 12: Nielsen will take full control of AGBNielsen Media Research (AGBNMR), the international audience data research firm in which it currently owns a 50-percent stake, through an asset-swap agreement with WPP. In return, Nielsen will transfer to …

GÜTERSLOH, November 11: For the first nine months of the year, Bertelsmann has reported a profit of 387 million euros, almost triple that of the year-ago period. Revenues, meanwhile, were flat at 11.4 billion euros, while operating EBIT was down …

BURBANK, November 11: Lisa Streff, Vince Marchica and Christy Cohen have all been upped in their roles within Cooke Jar Entertainment's consumer-products division, based in the company's Burbank office. Streff has been promoted to senior VP of domestic consumer products. …

NEW YORK, November 11: HIT Entertainment has made several key appointments and promotions for its businesses in North America and Latin America, all of which will be united under one division, reporting to Pam Westman, the executive VP of consumer …