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LOS ANGELES, October 15: Fox Television Studios has made three key hires for its programming department: Pancho Mansfield, Diego Suarez and Karyn Smith. Pancho Mansfield has been named senior VP of programming, after serving as executive VP and head of …

SYDNEY, October 15: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted the Australian broadcast rights to the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games to Nine Network and FOXTEL. The rights to the Beijing games are held by Seven Network. Commenting …

MIAMI, October 15: Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Latin America announced a host of deals at MIPCOM last week, including one to represent Jennifer Lopez’s new mini-series for Univision, Como Ama Una Mujer (How A Woman Loves). The deal with Univision …

STOCKHOLM, October 15: KidsCo, the joint venture channel owned by Sparrowhawk Media, DIC Entertainment and Nelvana Enterprises, has appointed Viasat as its representative across Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Baltics and Ukraine. Effective immediately, Viasat, owned by the Modern …

FRANKFURT, October 15: lettra, a TV channel dedicated to books and reading, is set to launch on the new Premiere Star bouquet effective November 24. Aimed at booklovers of all kinds, the channel will look at children’s books, novels, non-fiction, …

HONG KONG, October 15: With the theme “It’s All About Content!” this year’s CASBAA Convention, to be held from October 30 to November 2 at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, will focus on how content is the key …

CANNES, October 15: E! International continues to expand its worldwide presence with new launches on French cable broadband operator Numericable and Turkish DTH operator Digiturk. The E! International Network will be distributed on Numericable's basic digital offer, as well as …

LONDON, October 15: National Geographic Channel’s dedicated wildlife network, Nat Geo Wild, is set to launch on the cable and DTH platforms owned by Romanian telecommunications operator RCS-RDS across Central and Eastern Europe. Nat Geo Wild will be rolled out …

LOS ANGELES, October 15: Lifetime Networks has reached a deal with Starz Media to co-produce three original TV movies—True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, Queen Sized, and Wisegal—featuring high profile casts that include Alyssa Milano and multiplatinum recording artist JoJo. …

CANNES/TORONTO, October 12: Disney Channel Japan has acquired the first 26 half-hour episodes of Shaftesbury Films’ live-action kids’ comedy series Life with Derek. Life with Derek is translated into more than 12 languages and airs in more than 100 countries …