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CANNES, April 11: At a press conference in Cannes, Reed MIDEM released preliminary attendance figures for MIPTV and revealed Spain will be the country of honor at MIPCOM this October. As of April 9, there were 13,285 total participants at …

NEW YORK, April 11: Nickelodeon has appointed John Paul Geurts to the new role of VP and creative director at Nickelodeon Recreation. In his new role, Geurts will be responsible for overseeing all creative and design development for Nickelodeon's Recreation …

PARIS, April 11: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is the latest exhibitor to confirm its participation at AMAZIA, Reed MIDEM’s new multiplatform conference and exhibition. The inaugural event is set to take place from November 17-20 at the Hong Kong …

LONDON, April 11: UKTV has named Lisa Perrin to the position of director of commissioning for entertainment. The new appointment completes the restructure of UKTV’s commissioning department. Perrin will take up her new post on May 19, reporting directly to …

DALLAS, April 11: Blockbuster is offering customers movies in the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format, for rent and sale in all of its corporate stores in the U.S. and Canada. Blockbuster announced last July that it would be making Blu-ray available …

MOSCOW/JAKARTA, April 11: FOX International Channels (FIC) has rolled out FOXCRIME, its 24-hour dedicated crime, suspense and mystery network, in Indonesia via pay-TV operator Indovision, and has added the channel to pay-TV platform Stream in Russia. The launch of FOXCRIME …

CANNES, April 11: BBC Worldwide France has closed a co-production deal with France 5 for Human Journey, a new five-part HD science series. The new series marks the second time in recent years that the French pubcaster has teamed up …

LONDON, April 11: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will launch the general-entertainment channel SET and the Japanese anime network Animax in Portugal tomorrow via IPTV and DTH operator MEO, part of Portugal Telecom. In addition to making SET and Animax …

NEW YORK, April 11: MTV Networks’ English-language Latin youth channel MTV Tr3s is launching three new series based on ideas drawn from its focus group, the Cooltura Panel. MTV Tr3s’ Cooltura Panel is a group consisting of 100 young Latinos …

LONDON, April 11: KidsCo has secured a broadcast agreement with African platform operator Gateway Broadcast Services (GTV), leading to a launch in several sub-Saharan African territories. Due to the agreement, the channel began airing on April 2 in Kenya, Uganda, …