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LONDON, May 21: Mahesh Ramachandra has been appointed as Galleon Holdings’ global director of entertainment, overseeing the company’s convergent media strategy. Ramachandra will monetize the company’s portfolio of entertainment properties across multiple platforms and territories, including the recently launched multiplatform …

NEW YORK, May 21: Frank Rich, who pens a weekly column for The New York Times, has signed on as a creative consultant at HBO. Rich will initiate and help develop projects for the premium pay-TV network. As part of …

DELHI/SINGAPORE, May 21: Discovery Networks International will integrate its Indian and pan-Asian businesses, with Rahul Johri to assume responsibility for India as the senior VP and country manager, effective July 1, reporting to Tom Keaveny, the head of Discovery Networks …

MUNICH/LONDON, May 21: Following its recent corporate transactions for the sale of the Hasbro Classics Library and of its shareholding in Metrodome Group, TV-Loonland has repaid all of its remaining bank borrowings and is free of debt. Following the restructuring …

BEVERLY HILLS, May 21: William Morris Agency (WMA) has teamed with Peter Adderton, the founder of Boost Mobile and Amp’d Mobile, and a team of digital-media executives, to form Agency 3.0. The venture aims to merge technology and content to …

NEW YORK, May 21: General Motors (GM) has agreed to a multifaceted advertising sponsorship of Discovery Communications’ Planet Green, a 24-hour eco-lifestyle network that will be available to 50 million homes beginning June 4. For GM, the partnership includes premier …

NEW ORLEANS, May 21: Production will begin in August for ten new episodes of the half-hour improvisational original comedy Head Case, to air on Starz. Alexandra Wentworth will reprise the role of Dr. Goode, alongside Emmy-nominated actor Steve Landesberg, who …

NEW YORK, May 21: Sundance Channel has added two British eco-reality series, Outrageous Wasters and the second season of It’s Not Easy Being Green, to the lineup of its environmental block, The Green. Outrageous Wasters, a four-part series that follows …

CANNES, May 21: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has completed licensing agreements for 31 motion pictures and TV series at the Cannes Film Festival. New licensing agreements include the romantic comedy The Deal, starring William H. Macy and Meg Ryan, to …

MONTREAL, May 21: Distraction has finalized deals on a slew of programs, including its Ripe Digital Entertainment catalogue, in markets such as Europe, the Middle East and South America, among others. The reality entertainment format The Big Experiment, which has …