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LONDON, October 21: Diverse Bristol, the British regional arm of indie factual producer Diverse, part of the Zodiak group of companies, has named Katie Brosnan as executive producer. Brosnan is charged with spearheading the development of factual entertainment and features …

LOS ANGELES, October 21: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the TV personality’s joint venture with Discovery Communications, has tapped Robert Tercek as president of digital media. Tercek will oversee the multimedia ventures for OWN and Oprah.com, beginning November 3. Responsibilities …

STAMFORD, October 21: WWEKids.com, a new youth-targeted website from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), will feature a range of exclusive activities, videos and information that will connect fans with their favorite Superstars. The site will feature age-appropriate content, aimed at 6- …

LONDON, October 20: Through its deal with Story House Productions, Parthenon has added two crime titles to its catalogue: Real Interrogations and The Real NCIS. Real Interrogations looks at real criminals and the interrogators who try to break them. The …

MOSCOW, October 20: JimJam, the global preschool channel formed by HIT Entertainment and Chellomedia, has been added to the offerings of Russian satellite platform NTV-Plus, following the network’s recent launch in the region of Akado. The launch on NTV-Plus will …

LONDON, October 20: BBC Worldwide has sold the hit format What Not to Wear to Italy’s Magnolia to produce a local version of 13 hour-long episodes for the Discovery Real Time Channel under the title Ma come ti vesti?!, which …

MUMBAI, October 20: In the middle of next month, STAR will launch its third Indian regional-language general-entertainment channel, STAR Pravah, across the state of Maharashtra. The launch of STAR Pravah follows the rollout of VIJAY, for Tamil-language audiences, and STAR …

LONDON, October 20: Disney Channel U.K. has signed a new multi-year agreement with BT Vision that sees a range of its hit live-action and animated series, original movies and Playhouse Disney programs available through a branded on-demand service. Launching on …

LONDON, October 20: BBC Worldwide Channels is launching a branded BBC Knowledge programming block on Science TV on October 27, reaching some 10 million households in South Korea every weeknight during prime time, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The …

SYDNEY/DUBLIN, October 20: Irish broadcaster RTE has signed up for a new output deal with Southern Star International covering a range of genres, and has renewed its rights to the hit soap Home and Away. The new pact extends two …