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SYDNEY, November 27: SBS Netherlands has acquired the first two seasons of the crime drama City Homicide from Southern Star International and has renewed the eighth season of McLeod’s Daughters for their channel NET 5. Produced by Seven Network Australia, …

MEVASSERT ZION, November 27: Armoza Formats has clinched new deals for local versions of its factual-entertainment series The Package. The format launched on Poland’s TV PULS on the week of October 24th, and on Dutch public broadcaster NCRV Channel 2 …

SINGAPORE, November 27: Karen Johnston has been appointed to the role of programming director at NBC Universal’s Global Networks Asia division, based in Singapore. Reporting to the division’s managing director, Raymund Miranda, Johnston will play a key role in NBC …

LONDON, November 27: Power has appointed Mark Dineley, its VP of international media sales, as the company’s first VP of digital media. In his new enhanced role, Dineley will create a global digital strategy for Power’s international drama content across …

LONDON, November 27: BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have formed a commercial three-way joint venture to launch an on-demand service in 2008, tentatively titled Kangaroo. The service will offer up more than 10,000 hours of current and archived programming …

HONG KONG, November 27: The Walt Disney Company has named Lawrence Chi to the newly created position of regional director of human resources for Greater China. Working from the Shanghai offices, Chi is tasked with the full spectrum of human …

ALVISO/NEW YORK, November 27: NBC Universal (NBCU) has reached a multiyear deal to begin selling TiVo’s interactive advertising and has agreed to subscribe to TiVo's Stop||Watch, a second-by-second commercial ratings research service. As part of the agreement, NBCU’s 14 television …

NEW YORK, November 27: Doug MacLennan has been promoted to COO of Animation Collective, from his previous position as the company’s VP of finance. In replacing Michael Gold, who left the company to pursue an educational software venture, MacLennan will …

DUBAI, November 26: Dubai International Capital has picked up a “substantial” stake in Sony Corporation, its first investment in a Japanese company. The size of the investment was not disclosed. The stake was acquired through Dubai International Capital’s $2 billion …

LONDON, November 27: British production and distribution outfit Wall to Wall has appointed Adam Vandermark as the head of its newly formed current affairs unit. Vandermark’s first project will be to serve as series producer on a number of Dispatches …