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HILVERSUM, July 25: Marcus Wolter will replace Borris Brandt as the managing director of Endemol Germany on October 1. Wolter will join Endemol from ProSiebenSat.1, where he has helped build the interactive television company 9Live International as the managing director. …

NASHVILLE, July 25: To celebrate the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Documentary Channel will host a special 12-hour programming event on August 4 and 5 devoted to documentaries covering issues related to China. The stunt will include the U.S. …

LOS ANGELES, July 25: The Jim Henson Company has appointed Sam Ewing to handle the international sales of its latest preschool property, Sid the Science Kid. Ewing, a veteran of the children’s business, will be responsible for oversight of the …

LONDON, July 25: Parthenon Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights to the documentary China: Land of Dope and Glory. Through research and undercover reporting, the program examines China’s policy regarding performance-enhancing drugs for athletes. The documentary originally aired July …

LOS ANGELES, July 25: The MGM Channel, currently available to pay-TV subscribers across German-speaking Europe, is now accessible to mobile subscribers through Vodafone in Germany. Vodafone made the German-language version of the channel available on its 3G Vodafone Live! network …

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. …

NEW YORK, July 25: Scribner and Simon & Schuster Digital have teamed up with Marvel Entertainment and CBS Mobile to deliver Stephen King’s N as a series of 25 original video episodes for viewing on mobile and online platforms. Running …

NEW YORK, July 25: The 2008 LMEC-LatinVision Convergence Conference: The Future of Latin Entertainment, Media and Technology Markets, will be held in New York City, featuring, among others, Univision’s Joe Uva and Telemundo’s Don Browne. The conference is being staged …

NEUILLY, July 25: Revenues for the first half of the year at M6 remained stable at 709.1 million euros, of which 367.1 million euros was derived from advertising on M6. Other advertising revenues, meanwhile, were up 41.7 percent to 46.9 …