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VIENNA, September 4: ORF has begun production in Vienna on the new 4×45-minute series Polly Adler, which follows a single mother and society journalist who tries to cope with the competing demands of family and career. The new series will …

LOS ANGELES, August 31: The Africa Channel has acquired the rights to the 24th edition of the African nations Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament, for launch September 3. This will serve as the first telecast for the channel’s new strand, Africa …

PARIS, August 31: French producer Cyber Group Animation, in cooperation with Planet Nemo, Canadian producer Sardine Productions and Singaporean studio Peach Blossom Media, will offer up a new preschool series, Manon Queen of Animals. The 52×7-minute series, aimed at children …

MONTREAL, August 31: Bubbles Television’s Paquet Voleur (Trade Up) will become the first large-scale televised game show in Quebec to offer contestants the opportunity to win up to C$1 million. French-Canadian broadcaster Société Radio-Canada has already commissioned Bubbles Television to …

MIAMI, August 31: Alvaro Paes de Barros has been promoted to senior VP of distribution for MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA) and general manager of Viacom Networks Brazil. A seven-year veteran at MTVNLA, Paes de Barros, most recently VP of …

SANTA MONICA, August 31: Lionsgate has announced the expansion and promotion of key executives in its international sales division under Craig Cegielski, its senior VP of programming and sales. Amanda Cordner has been upped to VP of international television sales; …

SEATTLE, August 31: ReelTime Rentals, which operates the VOD broadband network ReelTime.com, has promoted Beverly Zaslow from her previous role as executive VP of business development to president and COO. In her new role, Zaslow will oversee content acquisitions and …

PARIS, August 31: Vivendi’s revenues for the first half of the year rose 6.4 percent to 10.2 billion euros, but net earnings of 2.2 billion euros were down 12 percent on the previous period. Announcing the results, Jean-Bernard Lévy, chairman …

NEW YORK, August 31: NBC Universal is reportedly not renewing its deal to make some of its content available for download on the iTunes Store, according to published reports, after disagreeing with Apple over pricing. The New York Times reports …

NEW YORK, August 31: The Nielsen Company has revealed that Hispanic and Asian viewers are the fastest-growing national segments of the population, with U.S. television households increasing by 4.4 percent among Hispanics to 12.1 million and 3.9 percent among Asians …