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LOS ANGELES, April 8: E! Entertainment Television will launch a new observational documentary series that looks at the life of Pamela Anderson, tentatively titled Pamela and set to debut this summer. Produced by award-winning filmmakers World of Wonder Productions, the …

UNTERFÖHRING, April 8: Interactive TV producer 9Live International is launching call-TV productions on channels in Colombia, Hungary, Denmark and Sweden, with the company’s shows now airing in a total of eight countries. 9Live’s Spanish-language interactive show in Colombia, titled Ganamanía …

CANNES, April 8: MarVista Entertainment has completed an agreement with Spain’s Drimtim Entertainment to executive produce and distribute two new movies: Reflections and Stevie. The films will be co-produced by Drimtim Entertainment, Gestmusic Endemol Spain and Antena 3 Films, and …

LONDON, April 8: BSkyB has made two new appointments for its board, with Andrew Griffith named chief financial officer and Danny Rimer as an independent non-executive director, effective immediately. Griffith was previously BSkyB’s director of group finance, M&A and investor …

CANNES, April 8: Rai Due, the youth-focused channel of Italy’s state broadcaster, has snapped up two British drama series, Life on Mars and Primeval, from BBC Worldwide. Rai Due took on the first two seasons of both dramas, which have …

MIAMI, April 8: Jacqueline Hernandez has been appointed the COO of NBC Universal-owned Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo Communications Group, based in New York. In the newly created position, Hernandez assumes responsibility for leading and unifying all sales, marketing and domestic growth …

CANNES, April 7: Shaftesbury Films’ one-hour drama series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures has gotten orders from Astral Media’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central, with production slated to begin later this year. Based on the short-story collection written …

MUNICH, April 7: Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions, in association with Germany’s Tandem Communications, are working on the next collection of four additional prime-time TV movies based on the hit books by author Nora Roberts. Six additional books by …

NEW YORK, April 7: News Corporation has acquired additional shares in German pay-TV giant Premiere, taking its stake in the company to 22.7 percent. In January, News Corp. shelled out 287 million euros for 14.58 percent of Premiere, upping it …

CANNES, April 7: DECODE Entertainment has inked an agreement with Singapore’s Scrawl Studios for a new animated series, tentatively titled RPG High. The 52×11-minute series, aimed at 8- to 12-year-olds, will use 2-D animation with 3-D sequences, in a style …