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LONDON, December 21: Next year, BBC One will debut I’d Do Anything, a new Saturday night talent competition show that searches for the next stars of the British musical Oliver! I’d Do Anything will be hosted by Graham Norton, who …

TEL AVIV, December 21: Dori Media Group has launched a new YouTube channel, this one dedicated to its telenovela Lalola, marking its fifth offering on the video sharing site. The new channel will contain special interviews with the stars of …

MUNICH, December 21: Romance TV, a new 24-hour channel featuring romantic TV movies, telenovelas, feature films and series, will launch on the Premiere Star platform in prime-time on February 14, 2008. The lion’s share of Romance TV’s programming will consist …

BETHPAGE/BRISTOL, December 21: ESPN2 HD is now available as part of Cablevision’s high-definition programming lineup—which features 45 HD services—to iO TV customers at no additional charge. The 24-hour high-definition simulcast service of ESPN2 is available across Cablevision’s service area on …

TORONTO, December 21: Canada’s CBC Television has announced a partnership with Temple Street Productions to produce a local version of the BBC’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, a new seven-city talent competition series that searches for Canada’s …

TORONTO, December 21: Canadian broadcaster CTV has ordered two new, one-hour original drama series—Sniper (working title) and The Listener—with production on both shows to begin in spring 2008. The two series, consisting of 13 episodes each, were part of CTV’s …

TORONTO, December 21: Global Television will premiere The Guard, a Canadian-produced original drama series, on January 22, 2008. The 13-part, one-hour action series follows four members of the Canadian Coastguard’s Search and Rescue team, and their daily battles in and …

LONDON/PARIS, December 21: Laurent Taieb has been promoted to VP of Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) for France, as part of the company’s efforts to expand its licensing and merchandising operations in the key European market. In his new …

PARIS, December 21: The private-equity firm The Carlyle Group has joined Cinven and Altice as a shareholder of French cable platform Numericable, taking a 35-percent stake for a reported 1 billion euros. Numericable, whose high-speed network covers close to 10 …

TORONTO, December 21: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved the acquisition of Alliance Atlantis’s broadcasting assets by CanWest Global Communications Corp. “We are satisfied that this transaction meets the requirements for Canadian control both in law and …