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SINGAPORE, July 28: Wong Swee Teng has been named the new managing director and chief representative of ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) China. Wong will be responsible for the strategic direction and growth of ESS’s operations in China as well as …

SILVER SPRING, July 28: Angela Shapiro-Mathes has left her post as the president and general manager of TLC and has been replaced by Eileen O’Neill, a 17-year veteran of Discovery Communications. During her time at TLC, Shapiro-Mathes completed a three-year …

NEW YORK, July 28: The weekly arts and cultural program SundayArts, produced by Thirteen/WNET, has begun featuring segments of the award-winning Bloomberg Television program Bloomberg Muse. Yesterday’s Bloomberg Muse segment of SundayArts profiled the world-renowned choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, who resigned …

LOS ANGELES, July 28: PorchLight Entertainment’s documentary War Child will be screened at several upcoming film festivals, including the Montreal International Film Festival. The film, chronicling Emmanuel Jal’s rise from Sudanese boy soldier to international hip hop recording artist, will …

BUENOS AIRES, July 28: Popular telenovela star Natalia Oreiro will play the lead role in Dori Media Group’s new multiplatform series Amanda O, which will air on weekdays in a virtual community site the company is launching this fall. Amanda …

NEW YORK, July 28: Nickelodeon will launch a new multiplayer global online game, Avatar: Legends of the Arena, in September. In the game, which serves as a prequel story to the series Avatar: The Last Airbender, players can create their …

LONDON, July 28: The AOL-owned social-networking site Bebo has inked a deal to incorporate the new Paramount Pictures youth-targeted release Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging into its hit online drama, Sofia's Diary. This is Bebo’s first movie-integration deal. It will …

LONDON, July 28: KidsCo will become part of the Spanish pay-TV platform Imagenio, following an agreement with local content provider Teuve. The new distribution agreement will see KidsCo’s children’s channel available as part of Imagenio’s family package. KidsCo is now …

NEW YORK, July 25: CBS Interactive is launching an HD gallery on CBS.com, with Intel as its exclusive sponsor, featuring full episodes and clips of shows such as CSI, Survivor, Big Brother and The Amazing Race. The CBS HD Gallery …

SAN DIEGO, July 25: The epic fantasy series from Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios previously known as Wizard’s First Rule will officially be launched as Legend of the Seeker, with new cast members added, the weekend of November 1. …