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OTTAWA, April 17: The heads of CTVglobemedia and Canwest Global Communications made a joint appearance in front of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to lobby for continued support and protection of the market’s broadcast TV landscape. Ivan Fecan, …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, April 17: Daniel Wineman has been appointed to the newly created position of director of original series and co-productions for Jetix Europe, in charge of all creative aspects. Wineman will report to Marc Buhaj, the senior VP of programming …

MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM, April 17: CTC Media has concluded its $395-million acquisition of the Russian free-TV network DTV from the Modern Times Group. “We are excited with the opportunity to immediately start integrating DTV into CTC Media,” said Alexander Rodnyansky, the CEO …

LONDON, April 17: Talent Television has named Jonathan Glazier as its director of entertainment, beginning in June. Glazier will also join the board of Talent Television, and work with Tony Humphreys, the company’s managing director, to drive Talent’s continued production …

HAMILTON, April 17: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has acquired the assets of Compania de Radio Pro s.r.l. (Radio Pro), which owns two radio stations in Romania, Pro FM and Info Pro, for $20.6 million. The pop music station Pro …

LONDON, April 17: Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) plans to release 29 titles on Blu-ray for the first time, beginning August 26 with the second season of Heroes. Season one of the hit NBC drama will be released in Blu-ray …

LONDON, April 17: NBC Universal Global Networks today launched its SCI FI and Universal Channel brands in Romania on the AKTA platform. “We’re thrilled to be establishing SCI FI and Universal Channel in a market as significant as Romania,” said …

HOLLYWOOD, April 17: Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have greenlit the live-action feature film M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, an adaptation of Nickelodeon’s hit animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Shyamalan, the creator of the Oscar-nominated movie The …

LONDON, April 17: FIVER, formerly known as Five Life, has taken on the online drama Sofia’s Diary from Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), marking the first time a U.K.-produced online show has made the jump to broadcast. Beginning April 28, …

LONDON, April 17: Channel 4 has commissioned September Films to produce the hour-long documentary The Baby With Two Faces for its Bodyshock strand. September Films secured worldwide exclusive access, following a bidding war for TV rights. The documentary tells the …