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AMSTERDAM/LONDON, March 4: Jetix Consumer Products (JCP) has announced that Jetix Magazine, the monthly glossy for kids aged 7 to 12, will hit newsstands in Turkey this month. Produced under license by Dogan Egmont Publishing, the magazine provides readers with …

LOS ANGELES, March 4: Wayneston Harbeson, a specialist in special events, tradeshows and convention services, has been appointed the director of operations for the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE). Harbeson will be responsible for managing all logistical aspects …

MUNICH, March 4: ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s consolidated net profits for 2007 fell to 89.4 million euros from the year-ago period’s 240.7 million euros, despite an increase in revenues, as a result of expenses related to the SBS Broadcasting merger, and a …

NEW YORK, March 4: The nominees for the International Interactive Emmy Awards, announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, hail from seven different countries, including the U.K., Australia and Canada. There are 12 nominees in three …

MIAMI/BUENOS AIRES, March 4: In its bid to go private, Claxson has raised the offer to shareholders other than its majority owners— Cisneros Group, Hicks Muse, Roberto Vivo and Luis H. Moreno—from $12.35 per share to $13.50 per share. Claxson …

BURBANK, March 4: A host of prominent directors, actors and writers have signed on for NBC’s new 13-episode suspense and horror anthology series, Fear Itself, from Lionsgate in association with Industry Entertainment. Teri Weinberg, the executive VP of NBC Entertainment, …

LOS ANGELES, March 4: E! Entertainment Television will debut a new non-scripted series starring celebrity mother Dina Lohan and her youngest daughter, Ali, giving a glimpse into her life as a mom and manager. Tentatively titled Living Lohan, the series …

TORONTO, March 4: Canwest-owned Global Television’s new mini-series, The Last Templar, from Muse Entertainment, has been picked up by NBC, and will be simulcast on both networks this December. The romantic adventure stars Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) and Canadian Victor …

MAINZ, March 3: ZDF Enterprises announced that actor Karl Markovics, who stars in the Oscar-winning film The Counterfeiters, will play the lead role in the UFA production Ship of No Return—The Final Voyage of the Gustloff. In Ship of No …

LONDON, March 3: Galleon Holdings has signed an exclusive co-production agreement with China’s Guangdong TV Sports Channel and the U.K.’s Chelsea Football Club for Super Soccer Star, a new multiplatform reality soccer talent program. The 13×30-minute show is currently going …