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TORONTO, March 18: This year’s Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) will feature the debut of the Canwest Emerging Writers Program and the Canwest Showrunner Training Program, two initiatives aimed at enhancing, nurturing and encouraging writers and producers to grow the …

ALVISO, March 18: TiVo has launched its expanded Season Pass service, first announced during CES in January, that allows users to watch video content from the web directly on their television sets. Starting today, the TiVo set-top box is able …

STAMFORD, March 18: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has named George Barrios as its new chief financial officer, effective March 24. Barrios most recently served as the VP and treasurer of The New York Times Company. He replaces Frank Serpe, who …

TORONTO, March 18: Peace Arch Entertainment Group’s revenues for fiscal 2007 rose 191 percent on the year-ago period to C$61.8 million, a record for the company. During the period the Canadian-based company delivered 12 feature films, 43 episodes of TV …

REYKJAVIK, March 18: LazyTown has promoted Haukur Gislason to the head of TV sales and media, and has hired Guðmundur Magnason to serve as the managing director of international brand and licensing. Gislason, formerly the regional director for the Nordic …

LONDON, March 18: Granada America is working on The Chopping Block, an original culinary competition series for NBC that is hosted by British Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White. The new series will see eight couples of novice chefs and restaurateurs …

LONDON, March 18: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) will offer Harpo Productions’ Oprah’s Big Give to international broadcasters at MIPTV, with FremantleMedia’s Worldwide Entertainment team representing the format rights. The 8×1-hour series is already setting records in the U.S., where it airs …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, March 18: Lionsgate will roll out an initiative to package many of its DVD releases in environmentally-friendly materials, kicking off with the third season of the hit Showtime series Weeds. The Weeds: Season Three DVD is launching in …

NEW YORK, March 18: CBS Television Stations has launched the CBS Local Ad Network, which allows CBS-owned stations across the U.S. to syndicate ad-supported local news "widgets" to a variety of blogs and local sites in the communities they serve. …

TORONTO, March 17: OUTtv, the Canadian 24/7 cable channel dedicated to gay and lesbian content, has secured a programming and supply deal with here! Network in the U.S. to produce a number of new television series that will air on …