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MOSCOW, November 5: Zodiak Television's Russian unit, Zodiak Vostok, has reached a deal with the French production company A Prime Group to co-produce two pilot episodes of its daily psychotherapy format To Understand & Forgive for French audiences. More than …

NEW YORK, November 5: After weeks of speculation, Time Warner has confirmed Jeffrey Bewkes’ appointment as CEO, effective January 1, 2008, with Richard Parsons remaining on as chairman of the company. Bewkes has been the president and COO of Time …

LONDON, November 5: HIT Entertainment has renewed and extended Tomy’s contract as the European master toy licensee for its classic preschool property Thomas & Friends. Tomy has licensed Thomas & Friends for nearly 12 years. In 2005, the company launched …

JERUSALEM, November 5: According to wire reports, Israeli pay-TV provider Hot Telecommunications has dropped CNN from its lineup after being unable to reach a new carriage agreement with the news network. Reuters reports that Hot is not planning to replace …

TORONTO/LONDON, November 5: DECODE Enterprises has announced the promotion of Josh Scherba to director of sales and the appointment of Lara Ilie as a sales executive. The changes in the division reflect the expansion of DECODE’s distribution activity in worldwide …

ZURICH, November 5: Zattoo, a new IPTV platform, has entered into an agreement with ABC News and Disney-ABC International Television to distribute the ABC News Now channel in Germany, Spain and Belgium. Zattoo plans to extend the reach of the …

TEHRAN, November 5: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union has called on the International Olympic Council (IOC) to give priority to free-TV broadcasters when licensing the rights to the Olympic Games. The statement, named the Tehran Declaration on Media Coverage of the …

SANTA MONICA, November 5: The 28th American Film Market (AFM) has set an all-time attendance record, registering a total of 8,343 attendees to date, a 1.6-percent increase from the previous year. Some 1,628 buyers from 65 countries registered for the …

SINGAPORE, November 5: SingTel has inked agreements for new SVOD movie channels on its pay-TV platform mio TV from NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox and Disney-ABC International Television and from the Bollywood studio Eros International. The launch of the four …

ATLANTA, November 5: AMC’s programming chief Robert Sorcher is joining Cartoon Network in January as chief content officer, reporting to Stuart Snyder, the executive VP and COO for Turner Broadcasting System’s animation, young adults and kids’ media group. Based in …