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LOS ANGELES, May 22: MEN7 Network, Bennett Media’s multiplatform men’s lifestyle offering, will debut its weekly high-definition TV series The MEN7 Show, as well as its companion website, on July 3. The MEN7 Show will launch on ION Media Networks …

CAMBRIDGE, May 22: Brightcove has created a majority-owned Japanese subsidiary, Brightcove KK, backed by $4.9 million in new investment from the Internet TV platform and four Japanese partners: Dentsu, J-Stream, transcosmos and Cyber Communications, Inc. (CCI). Three of the investment …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, May 22: Jetix Europe has appointed Orion Ross to the newly created post of VP of original content and creative, joining the company this summer. Ross will report to Marc Buhaj, the senior VP of programming for Jetix Europe, …

BURBANK, May 22: Disney Channel has placed an order for a live-action comedy series tentatively titled Welcome to Mollywood, starring the young actress and recording artist Demi Lovato. Welcome to Mollywood centers on a 15-year-old Midwestern girl (Lovato) who is …

NEW YORK, May 22: Bravo Media has made a series of promotions, as well as a new hire, for its production and development teams, including Andy Cohen being upped to the role of senior VP of original programming and development. …

SINGAPORE, May 22: On May 27, Sony’s AXN Beyond, a spin-off of the action and adventure English-language entertainment channel AXN, will roll out in Singapore, its third market in Asia. AXN Beyond was first launched in the Philippines in January …

LONDON, May 22: Endemol UK has launched New State, a new division dedicated to securing brand partnerships for the U.K. group’s programming output, to be helmed by Cody Hogarth as the managing director. Hogarth was previously Endemol UK’s head of …

SINGAPORE, May 22: The Biography Channel (BIO) will launch in Singapore on StarHub and in the Philippines on May 27, becoming the third network from AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) to roll out in Southeast Asia in less than a …

TORONTO, May 22: High Fidelity HDTV has reached an agreement with Smithsonian Networks to exclusively air programming from the U.S.-based Smithsonian Channel HD on three of its networks—Oasis HD, Equator HD and Treasure HD—in Canada. Programming from Smithsonian Networks will …

UNIVERSAL CITY, May 22: NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music & Consumer Products Group has debuted the first set of collectible trading cards based on the hit series Heroes, featuring characters and scenes from the show’s debut season. Trading-card company Topps …