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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, …

CANNES, April 10: ShineReveille International has entered into a deal to represent MySpaceTV’s original content worldwide across TV, DVD and merchandise. News of the MySpaceTV and ShineReveille partnership was announced at MIPTV, where Travis Katz, the social-networking site’s international managing …

LONDON, April 10: 3DD Entertainment has secured the worldwide TV and VOD rights to this year’s Fashion Rocks, excluding the U.K. and the U.S. The event takes place on October 16 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Organized by …

BURBANK, April 10: Julia Franz, the head of creative at ABC Studios, plans to leave her post in January 2009, after four years of overseeing the studio’s development and current teams. Franz will work with Mark Pedowitz, the president of …