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SEOUL, November 28: KBS World, the international television channel operated by Korean pubcaster KBS, will be available in Southern California on Time Warner Cable, boosting the network’s U.S. subscriber base to 20 million. Beginning December 1, KBS World will be …

NEW YORK, November 28: HBO Sports has launched Fan Life, a series of original short films created exclusively for HBO’s digital platforms, including HBO Podcasts, HBO Mobile and HBO.com. The series marks the first time HBO Sports has created entirely …

SINGAPORE, November 27: Singapore’s Upside Down Entertainment (UDE) has inked a $10-million deal with financing partner Cinema Solutions to fund two motion pictures for the international market. UDE is a creative and financial partnership between production company Upside Down Concepts …

PARIS, November 27: To celebrate its first anniversary next month, the French international news channel France 24 will broadcast 24 hours of programming in Arabic on December 6. The special broadcasting schedule will kick off at 8 p.m. (Paris time) …

SYDNEY, November 27: SBS Netherlands has acquired the first two seasons of the crime drama City Homicide from Southern Star International and has renewed the eighth season of McLeod’s Daughters for their channel NET 5. Produced by Seven Network Australia, …

MEVASSERT ZION, November 27: Armoza Formats has clinched new deals for local versions of its factual-entertainment series The Package. The format launched on Poland’s TV PULS on the week of October 24th, and on Dutch public broadcaster NCRV Channel 2 …

SINGAPORE, November 27: Karen Johnston has been appointed to the role of programming director at NBC Universal’s Global Networks Asia division, based in Singapore. Reporting to the division’s managing director, Raymund Miranda, Johnston will play a key role in NBC …

LONDON, November 27: Power has appointed Mark Dineley, its VP of international media sales, as the company’s first VP of digital media. In his new enhanced role, Dineley will create a global digital strategy for Power’s international drama content across …

LONDON, November 27: BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have formed a commercial three-way joint venture to launch an on-demand service in 2008, tentatively titled Kangaroo. The service will offer up more than 10,000 hours of current and archived programming …

HONG KONG, November 27: The Walt Disney Company has named Lawrence Chi to the newly created position of regional director of human resources for Greater China. Working from the Shanghai offices, Chi is tasked with the full spectrum of human …