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NEW YORK, September 26: John Cuddihy has been promoted to president and managing director of Lightworks Program Distribution (LPD), effective immediately. Since joining LPD in December 2005, Cuddihy has been instrumental in expanding the company’s global distribution initiatives in traditional …

NEW YORK, September 26: The Nielsen Company has said it will triple the size of its National People Meter (NPM) television ratings panel by 2011, increasing to 37,000 homes and 100,000 people. The NPM panel now encompasses about 12,000 U.S. …

AMSTERDAM, September 26: Format specialist Absolutely Independent has named Manon Polak as its new COO and managing director, responsible for the daily operations of its offices in Amsterdam and Stockholm. Polak has previous experience as a corporate lawyer and manager …

SILVER SPRING, September 26: According to a new report from market research firm Pike & Fischer, Americans will spend nearly two hours per day on video-on-demand viewing by 2012. According to the report, while the average monthly TV viewing time …

STOCKHOLM, September 26: Viasat has announced plans to launch TV6, a new male-skewing general entertainment channel, in Hungary, in early 2008. Primarily targeting men over 20, TV6’s program schedule will feature localized content and revolve around high-quality series, movies, animation …

STOCKHOLM, September 26: As part of a restructuring of its Viasat DTH satellite pay-TV offerings, Modern Times Group (MTG) will offer its subscribers more than 20 different options of how they can customize their pay-TV channel packages. The move reflects …

TORONTO, September 26: Canadian-based Partners In Motion and Breakthrough Films & Television, along with its distribution division, Breakthrough Entertainment, have teamed up for a new program development and distribution co-venture. As part of the alliance, Breakthrough and Partners In Motion …

LONDON, September 26: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold a substantial package of drama and documentary programming to Australian pay-TV platform FOXTEL. The package of programming includes the 13×30-minute scripted series Love You To Death, which tells the inspired-by-reality tales of …

MUNICH, September 26: SevenOne International has sold the rights to its format Clever!—The Quiz Show That Makes Science Fun to Spain’s Telecinco and the Greek channel Antenna. In Spain, the local adaptation will debut on October 7, under the title …

LOS ANGELES, September 26: American Cinema International has entered into a multipicture deal with Germany’s Zeitsprung Entertainment, with many of the films set to debut during this year’s American Film Market. Topping the list of titles under the new agreement …