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ROME, September 6: Nat Geo Wild, a 24-hour natural history channel from National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), will launch on SKY Italia in October. Nat Geo Wild will offer high-quality, blue-chip programming that takes viewers on intimate encounters with exotic …

LONDON, September 5: 2waytraffic International has announced that its game-show format Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has relaunched on the Nine Network in Australia, following an 18-month hiatus. The series will launch with a one-hour special before airing in …

BURBANK, September 5: American Greetings Properties’ (AGP) girl-skewing brand Strawberry Shortcake has achieved more than $2 billion in cumulative worldwide retail sales from 2003 through 2007. “We are thrilled with the phenomenal success of Strawberry Shortcake over the past four …

MAINZ, September 5: ZDF.archive, the footage licensing arm of ZDF Enterprises, has reached a deal with the British production company Skyworks to distribute its library of high-definition aerial footage in German-language territories. Skyworks currently has more than 300 hours of …

TORONTO, September 5: Carl2 (Carl Squared), the clone-themed animated comedy series from Portfolio Entertainment, will make its Latin American debut on HBO Latin America this October, broadcasting in Spanish and Portuguese. HBO Latin America has acquired the first two seasons, …

SILVER SPRING, September 5: John Ford, most recently the executive VP of programming at the National Geographic Channel, has rejoined Discovery Communications as the president and general manager of Military Channel and Discovery Times Channel. In his new position, Ford …

NEW YORK, September 5: Comedy Central has promoted Michele Ganeless to president from her previous role as executive VP and general manager. In her new position, based in New York, Ganeless will continue to report to Doug Herzog, the president …

LOS ANGELES, September 5: BET Networks has announced several key hires and promotions in its entertainment division, following a strong summer slate featuring five new original shows and leading up to the launch of ten new series and specials this …

SEATTLE/ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, September 5: Amid its spat with Apple’s iTunes Store, NBC Universal Television has reached a deal to offer up a variety of television content on the digital video download service Amazon Unbox, including new fall NBC series like …

NEW YORK, September 5: Former ABC News executive Jennifer Askin has been appointed as the new manager of international broadcast and digital sales for 4Kids Entertainment, reporting to the company’s executive VP of international, Brian Lacey. In her new role, …