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NEW YORK, April 23: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Board of Governors has voted to create a new category for the Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. According to the regulations, Outstanding Host …

LONDON, April 23: ITV is offering more than 260 hours of its programming for purchase or download through the iTunes Store in the U.K. iTunes customers can now choose from 260-plus hours of ITV content, including the series Lewis and …

KABUL, April 23: The Afghani privately owned network TOLO TV has teamed with the Afghan National Journalists Union to call on the international community to help project media freedom in the country, after authorities called for the ban of five …

MEXICO CITY, April 23: TV Azteca is presenting its new telenovela channel, Azteca Novelas, during CANITEC, which runs from today through April 25 in Mexico City. The new 24/7 channel will broadcast telenovela programming 365 days a year, including the …

LOS ANGELES, April 23: A third season of The Tudors has been commissioned by Showtime to premiere in 2009, with production slated to begin June 16 in Dublin, Ireland. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who stars as King Henry VIII, will return …

NEW YORK, April 23: RHI Entertainment’s two-hour original movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an updated version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, will make its U.S. television debut during ION Television’s RHI Movie Weekend block on Saturday, May 17. …

LUCERNE, April 23: The 48th edition of the Rose d’Or Festival has unveiled the names of the 20 jury members responsible for viewing and voting on the 75 programs nominated for this year’s Rose d’Or Awards, as well as the …

LOS ANGELES, April 23: PorchLight Home Entertainment will launch a new label under the banner PorchLight INSPIRE, which will feature family and children’s entertainment with faith-based messages. The first title set to be released under the new label is Adventures …

TORONTO, April 23: Citytv has ordered up another season of the one-hour drama Murdoch Mysteries from Shaftesbury Films. Based on Maureen Jennings’ detective novels, Murdoch Mysteries is set in 1895 Toronto and centers on the world of William Murdoch, a …

LONDON, April 23: BBC Worldwide has appointed three new licensees for its live-action preschool series In the Night Garden, including Golden Bear Products to manufacture and distribute a nursery range for the brand across the U.K. Scheduled to launch in …