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LONDON, October 18: The BBC has received approval from the BBC Trust to launch bbc.com, its online destination for users outside of the U.K. that will feature advertising; British users’ experience of bbc.co.uk will not be affected. Ad revenues from …

HAMILTON, October 18: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has appointed Adrian Sarbu, who has served as CME’s partner in Romania since 1995, as its new COO. Sarbu has been the leader of CME’s Romanian operations for the past 12 years, …

LONDON, October 18: Dori Media International has launched its fourth branded channel on YouTube, this one focused on its hit telenovela El Refugio (The Shelter). The launch of the new destination (located at www.youtube.com/elrefugio) follows the August rollout of Dori’s …

MIAMI, October 18: A year and a half after beginning operations in Miami, Spanish Broadcasting System’s (SBS) MEGA TV channel has now secured national distribution in the U.S. on DIRECTV MAS. Starting from yesterday, DIRECTV MAS airs Mega TV's programming …

HOUSTON, October 18: Desaparecidos, a new weekly one-hour television series featuring real-life cases of missing Hispanics in the U.S., will premiere on Tuesday, October 23, on LAT-TV’s 22-market network, along with additional clearances across the U.S. Co-produced by LAT-TV, the …

JOHANNESBURG/NEW YORK, October 18: In a move to support the South African government's mother tongue-based education policy, Takalani Sesame, which recently launched its fourth season on SABC in August, will soon be on air in almost all of South Africa’s …

LONDON, October 18: Granada International will roll out its catalogue of feature films, now digitally restored in high definition, along with dramas and classic Hollywood TV movies, at the AFM. Feature films that are now available in high definition include …

AMSTERDAM, October 17: Dutch producer Eyeworks has sold its prime-time game-show format Beat The Blondes into some 16 countries following its MIPCOM launch last week. Created and developed by Eyeworks, Beat The Blondes features two rounds of questions that will …

LONDON, October 17: British production and distribution outfit Wall To Wall has sold the two-hour docudrama Beating Death, examining the world’s first heart transplant, to Italian network RAI 3. Originally commissioned by the Discovery Network in the U.S. as a …

CANNES, October 17: Filmon.com, a new download portal set to launch November 1, has secured content deals with more than 50 companies, including CBC in Canada for 140 hours of television programming. The new deals expand Filmon.com’s library to more …