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HONG KONG, October 29: ITV Global Entertainment has firmed up a distribution alliance with India’s NDTV Networks for its new general-entertainment channel for Asia, Granada TV, which is set to launch on November 1 on the ABS-1 satellite. Granada TV …

LONDON, October 29: Channel 4’s acquisitions chief, Jeff Ford, is heading back to Five to assume the role of managing director of digital channels and acquisitions. Ford, the director of acquisitions at Film4 at Channel 4, was the managing editor …

SINGAPORE, October 29: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) has appointed Alice Foo as VP of human resources for the company’s offices in Australia, China, India, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. Based in DNAP’s regional headquarters in Singapore, Foo is responsible for …

LONDON, October 29: Programming for CBBC and CBeebies scooped up a host of nominations for the EA British Academy Children's Awards, which will be presented November 30, and both services are up for channel of the year, facing off against …

PARIS, October 29: Camille Trumer has been named COO for France at StudioCanal, effective December 1, while Rodolphe Buet has been promoted to executive VP of international distribution and business development. Reporting to Oliver Courson, the chairman of the executive …

HAMILTON, October 29: Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) revenues for the first nine months of the year were up 35 percent to $729.9 million, with net profit more than tripling to $67.7 million and segment EBITDA increasing by 31 percent …

NEW YORK, October 29: Nina Lederman has been appointed to oversee the development of all scripted programming for Lifetime Television, based in Los Angeles. Lederman, who takes on the role of senior VP of series programming and development, will report …

PHILADELPHIA, October 29: Comcast Corporation delivered gains in its third quarter, with revenues up 10 percent to $8.5 billion and net profit up 38 percent to $771 million, while earnings per share increased by 44 percent to $0.26. “We delivered …

CULVER CITY, October 29: The senior VP of digital networks for Sony Pictures Television, Eric Berger, will take over responsibility for the company’s online entertainment network, Crackle. Berger will oversee content development and programming, marketing and distribution for Crackle. Berger …

LOS ANGELES, October 29: Maria Grasso, the senior VP of series development and current programming for Lifetime Television, is joining OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network as its senior VP of programming. In her new role, Grasso joins Nina Wass in …