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NEW YORK, September 17: Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group will go off the air and offline across all its TV properties and related web platforms on September 27 for its Worldwide Day of Play. This marks the first time that …

HONG KONG/AUCKLAND, September 17: Disney-ABC International Television Asia Pacific has completed a deal to make a selection of ad-supported U.S. network series available on New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ’s catch-up TV service. These series will be available for 28 days on …

SEATTLE, September 17: The 500 new online stores launched by Amazon.com are each dedicated to a different customer-favorite TV series, providing everything from cast interviews to VOD viewing in one targeted destination. The new stores will serve as a one-stop …

HONG KONG, September 17: Huaso Film/Television Digital Production Company, a joint venture of Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and China Film Group, is set to launch its first drama series, The Game, on CCTV8 on September 22 at 7:30 p.m. …

LONDON, September 17: Paul Jackson, the director of entertainment and comedy at ITV, is leaving the British broadcaster at the end of the year. Jackson joined ITV in 2006 after serving as chief executive of Granada America. He previously spent …

NEW YORK, September 17: More than 300 TV executives took part in the International Academy Day in Rio de Janeiro last week, a three-day networking event inaugurated by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The event was organized by …

AMSTERDAM, September 16: In a panel at the IBC technology conference in Amsterdam, Michael Grade, the executive chairman of ITV, labeled YouTube and file-sharing sites like it “parasites” for feeding off other companies’ content. "The day that Google or Joost …

BUENOS AIRES, September 16: Oscar Ibarra has been confirmed as the writer’s coordinator for High Mountain, a teen telenovela distributed by Flor Latina Entertainment Group. Ibarra has led teams for Argentine TV series such as Culpable de Este Amor, Yago …

LOS ANGELES/MUMBAI, September 16: The MGM Channel is expanding its Indian reach via a distribution deal with STAR DEN Media Services, building upon its current carriage deal with DTH platform Dish TV. STAR DEN, a joint venture between STAR India …

LONDON, September 16: Lonely Planet has appointed Dominic Rowell as its first global marketing director, effective this month. Based in Melbourne at the company’s head office, Rowell will be responsible for coordinating all the marketing activities of Lonely Planet around …