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BEIJING/HONG KONG, November 7: MTV Networks China, Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Chinese state broadcaster CCTV 6 have announced that they will broadcast the 2007 MTV Style Gala, featuring Paris Hilton, to more than 1 billion people throughout the region …

TORONTO, November 6: Jeff Sagansky has been appointed as the interim CEO of the Canadian production-and-distribution company Peace Arch Entertainment Group, with Gary Howsam being placed on administrative leave. The company reports that Howsam was arrested yesterday as part of …

MUNICH, November 6: Producer and distributor Your Family Entertainment has launched a new kids’ network in Germany named yourfamily, offering up content for kids of all ages. The channel is currently available on IPTV platforms Hansenet and Arcor and Eutelsat’s …

NEW YORK, November 6: The N has announced that production has begun on The N’s Student Body, a new reality series from Reveille, and on The Assistants, an original comedy series executive produced by The Tom Lynch Company. The N’s …

NEW YORK, November 6: IFC will premiere a lineup of new original non-fiction programming in 2008, including three documentaries: At the Death House Door, Heavy Load and Goth Cruise. Premiering May 2008, the documentary At the Death House Door examines …

LONDON, November 6: In the U.K., MySpace has launched Trailer Park, a new online film channel that will allow film promoters to post trailers for upcoming releases and interact directly with fans. Twentieth Century Fox has already signed on to …

LONDON, November 6: Babelgum has partnered with the U.K.-based Encounters Short Film Festival to allow participants to air their short films on the peer-to-peer-based global Internet TV platform. The films will be available to a potential 300-plus million people worldwide …

NEW YORK, November 6: Film Movement, a North American film distributor of first-run independent and foreign films, has launched the Film Festival Channel (FFC), a free, ad-supported VOD movie channel that is sponsored by Stella Artois and will be available …

LONDON, November 6: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and talkbackTHAMES have aligned for a digital campaign for the British police drama The Bill, including the launch of a dedicated channel on YouTube. The Bill’s YouTube offering will include sneak previews of upcoming …

LONDON, November 6: Power will attend the Asia Television Forum (ATF) this month with a portfolio of new co-productions and a diverse slate of TV series and mini-series. Power’s lineup includes the 2×2-hour action thriller XIII: The Conspiracy, which stars …