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SYDNEY/PARIS, July 10: Southern Star International has renewed its multi-year output deal with AB Droits Audiovisuels France, covering dramas, TV movies, kids’ live-action series and documentaries. The arrangement also offers AB Droits a first option to acquire all other product …

TORONTO, July 10: Astral Media’s Family Channel in Canada will this month broadcast the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert 3D—the latest in a summer offering of exclusive music-themed Disney programming. The movie concert will air …

LONDON, July 10: Virgin Media Television has consolidated the acquisitions activities for its various brands under the leadership of Amy Barham, adding Bravo, Challenge and Trouble to her remit. Barham is now head of acquisitions for Virgin Media Television, following …

NEW YORK, July 10: IMG Sports Media has been appointed as the exclusive global media rights agent for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) beginning in 2011. The Bowl Championship Series is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football, involving the …

LONDON, July 10: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) today added to its suite of channels in Central and Eastern Europe with the launch of Nickelodeon Poland on Vectra, UPC, Aster and Multimedia, among other platforms. The TV rollout coincided with the …

BEVERLY HILLS, July 10: This summer, Animal Planet in the U.S. will air an eight-part series documenting the life of Timothy Treadwell—the subject of Werner Herzog’s acclaimed documentary Grizzly Man—in the decade before his death in 2003 in Alaska. For …

LONDON, July 10: UKTV has revealed the names of its rebranded and restructured entertainment services: Watch, GOLD and Alibi, which are all set to launch October 2. Watch, previously UKTV Gold +1, will serve as a linear catch-up service for …

LOS ANGELES, July 10: Jene Elzie has been promoted to VP of international sales and strategic planning for Comcast International Media Group (CIMG), overseeing the London-based sales team. In her new role, Elzie will supervise the team responsible for distribution …

LONDON, July 10: BBC Worldwide has reached an agreement to provide clips from a range of its natural history, travel and other factual shows to the Internet TV platform Babelgum. The deal, part of BBC Worldwide’s efforts to ramp up …

MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM, July 10: The former CEO of Rambler Media Group, Irina Gofman, is returning to the Modern Times Group (MTG) to head up its businesses in Russia and the CIS. In her new position as the CEO of MTG Russia …