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LONDON, October 6: In the wake of the call-in scandals in the U.K. last year, the BBC has launched a new technical department that will oversee all of its telephony-related interactive events. The Interactive Technical Advice and Contracts Unit (ITACU) …

MUNICH, October 6: To help manage its growing slate of programs, Tandem Communications has added two new senior members, Lisa Pierce as marketing and public relations director and Andre Zoch as creative producer. Pierce will be responsible for corporate and …

NEW YORK, October 6: WorldScreen.com is giving its readers a new way to experience its slate of top content, unveiling a multimedia destination, ahead of MIPCOM, with features, interviews, audio, video and a range of resources. To view it, please …

TORONTO, October 6: The Banff World Television Festival has appointed Georges Leclere as the director of its annual awards festival, The Rockies, set for June 9. Leclere is the founder and president of TV producer LGMA and was previously the …

HOLLYWOOD, October 6: Paramount Pictures has announced the separation agreement clinched with DreamWorks’ Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider, who are exiting the Viacom fold with the financial backing of India’s Reliance Big Entertainment. David Geffen, who oversaw the transition for …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, October 6: Finn on the Fly is a highlight of the more than 3,000 hours of programming from Oasis International for buyers at MIPCOM, and the film’s canine star, Eddie, will make a special appearance in Cannes to …

MEVASSERT ZION, October 6: Armoza Formats is offering the new game-show format The Smart Ace, which combines poker and trivia, at this year’s MIPCOM. The Smart Ace features five contestants battling it out in a poker game, but in order …

DALLAS, October 6: Taffy Entertainment has signed up NCircle Entertainment to handle the DVD distribution for its new children’s series Chloe’s Closet in North America. The 3-D/CGI/flash series follows an imaginative little girl named Chloe, who has adventures while playing …

TORONTO, October 6: Producing Parker, an edgy animated series aimed at adults, is among the new programs on offer from Breakthrough Entertainment for MIPCOM. The 13×30-minute series showcases the adventures an overworked and underpaid TV producer as she manages a …

LONDON, October 6: KidsCo, the global kids’ network owned by NBC Universal, Cookie Jar Group and Corus Entertainment, is adding the hit Australian property The Wiggles to its Asia Pacific and sub-Saharan African feeds, as of this November. Since 1991, …