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CULVER CITY, September 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Frank Sutera to VP of international production for its international networks group. In this new position, Sutera continues to oversee the development and production of original content for SPTI’s …

LONDON, September 13: Five has appointed Channel 4’s Ralph Lee as head of factual. Since joining Channel 4 in 2002 as deputy head of specialist factual, Lee has been responsible for a range of programming including the BAFTA-nominated series That’ll …

LONDON, September 13: Discovery Networks UK has appointed Dan Korn and Paul Welling to the newly created positions of head of factual and head of lifestyle, respectively. Korn will be responsible for Discovery Channel, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Civilisation, Discovery Science …

TORONTO, September 12: CCI Entertainment has acquired the rights to the feature film Beautiful Dreamer and has secured the first sale on the title to Antena 3 in Spain. Beautiful Dreamer, starring Brooke Langton and Colin Egglesfield, is a story …

KNOXVILLE, September 12: Jim Samples, most recently the general manager and executive VP of Cartoon Network Worldwide, has been named as president of Scripps-owned HGTV, effective October 1. Samples will succeed Judy Girard, who earlier this year announced her retirement …

UNIVERSAL CITY, September 12: Maria Sanchez, NBC Universal’s current senior VP liaison for Spain and Portugal, will take on an expanded role to include Latin America as part of her remit. Since joining NBC Universal in 2004, Sanchez has been …

NEW YORK, September 12: Apple is said to be in discussions with major Hollywood studios about adding a 30-day movie rental service to its iTunes Store. According to the Financial Times, Apple is working towards launching the new service sometime …

NEW YORK, September 12: The broadcast of the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards drew an average of more than seven million viewers aged 2 and over, ranking as the highest-rated telecast on ad-supported cable for the year to-date among viewers …

PARIS, September 12: Rich Ross, the president of Disney Channel Worldwide, will present a keynote address on October 7 at MIPCOM Junior at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes. Rich Ross, who has been with The Walt Disney Company for 11 …

LOS ANGELES, September 12: E! International is expanding its reach in the Asia-Pacific region by launching a new 24-hour channel on the DTH satellite platform Astro in Malaysia. The deal brings the channel to more than 2 million customers. The …