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HOLLYWOOD, June 6: Jorge Camara was re-elected to a sixth term as the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for the 2008-2009 year. A member of the association for 43 years, Camara covers entertainment (print and television), for …

LOS ANGELES, June 6: Kevin Brockman has been promoted to executive VP of global communications at Disney-ABC Television Group, with oversight of all corporate, news and entertainment communication efforts worldwide. Additionally, Brockman is responsible for the group’s photography, broadcast publicity, …

NASHVILLE, June 6: Documentary Channel (DOC) will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the network’s cult hit Johnny Berlin with the U.S. television premiere of its sequel, Johnny Berlin 2: Notes from the Dumpster, on June 16. DOC will showcase both …

BURBANK, June 6: Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group and Glu Mobile have teamed up to launch a new mobile game based on the hit SCI FI Channel series Battlestar Galactica. The game is set aboard the BSG-75, and players have …

LONDON, June 6: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) reported that traffic to its web portal for talkbackTHAMES’ reality competition series Britain’s Got Talent has nearly doubled from last year’s figures. Over the course of the series, 3.4 million video clips were viewed …

NASHVILLE, June 6: TNA Wrestling has reached new agreements to supply its wrestling programming to Spanish terrestrial broadcaster Antena 3 and Portuguese pay-TV sports network Sport TV. Negotiated by RDA TV, TNA’s exclusive worldwide television rights agency, these deals follow …

  LOS ANGELES, June 6: Azteca Networks and DIRECTV are set to launch a new 24-hour satellite-only channel, Azteca México, to be aired through DIRECTV MÁS in the U.S. beginning June 11. Azteca México will offer exclusive programming from TV …

TORONTO, June 6: Kim Cattrall, of Sex and the City fame, has signed on to voice the role of Dee in the animated sitcom Producing Parker, premiering in spring 2009 on E! in Canada. Producing Parker follows Parker Kovak, an …

ENGLEWOOD, June 6: Dennis Hopper is set to star in Crash, the first original drama from Starz Entertainment, based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name. The 13×1-hour series, co-produced with Lionsgate, has begun production in Albuquerque, New …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK, June 5: Discovery Holding Company (DHC) and Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership have reached a deal to combine their stakes in Discovery Communications, creating a new publicly traded company that will own 100 percent of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, …