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ATLANTA, October 3: Jennifer Davidson has been promoted to the position of senior VP of programming and scheduling at Cartoon Network from her previous role as VP of marketing, ad trade, consumer products trade and strategic operations for Cartoon Network …

LOS ANGELES, October 3: A total of 522 feature films, including 106 industry world premieres and 364 market premieres, representing 34 different languages, will be screened at the 28th American Film Market, set to take place October 31 to November …

HILVERSUM, October 3: Endemol International has unveiled plans to set up a new company in the Middle East, to be headed up by managing director Ziad Kebbi and creative director Dany Karam. Scheduled to officially open for business in November, …

LONDON, October 3: Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global, has unveiled a new brand identity for itself and its operating companies and business units. Chellomedia’s operating companies and business units will now use “Chello” in the business name, …

SYDNEY, October 3: BBC One has renewed the Australian medical drama All Saints, distributed by Southern Star, for a further 43 hours that will air in early 2008. Produced by Seven Network in Australia, the fifth season of All Saints …

SINGAPORE, October 3: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) will launch the American version of SportsCenter in Southeast Asia, as well as in Hong Kong and China, beginning Monday, October 8. The U.S. version of SportsCenter is the sixth edition of this …

LONDON, October 3: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed a new development deal with Ireland’s Waddell Media (WM), the producers of the Discovery U.S. series Future Weapons, for a series of factual projects for the international market. A dedicated team of …

NEW YORK, October 3: Lightworks Enterprises has reached a co-production agreement with the Colombian outfit La Productora for Narc-Ops, a documentary about the underground world of drug smuggling. Emmy-award winning producer KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group, will co-develop …

PARIS, October 3: The Gurin Company in the U.S. has optioned the French format The Smart Word from Fort Boyard producer Adventure Line Productions (ALP). The Smart Word was created by ALP and Innovatron—the company founded by Roland Moreno, the …

LONDON, October 2: BSkyB may be forced to shed its 17.9-percent stake in ITV, acquired last November, after the U.K.’s Competition Commission said the satellite platform’s interest in the commercial broadcaster “restricts competition and therefore operates against the public interest.” …