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LOS ANGELES, July 13: Hernán López has been promoted to president and COO of the FOX International Channels (FIC) Group, reporting to David Haslingden, the president and CEO of FOX International Channels, National Geographic Channels International and National Geographic Channel …

SANTA MONICA, July 13: Lionsgate has acquired the distribution rights to an untitled documentary about world religion featuring political humorist and author Bill Maher and plans to release the film in U.S. theaters in spring 2008. The documentary will be …

LOS ANGELES, July 13: Hallmark Channel is embarking on its largest-ever development slate of original movies, with more than 30 due to air on the network next year. Hallmark Channel currently has development and/or production deals with several award-winning producers, …

LONDON/NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA, July 12: In an exclusive three-year agreement, Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has tapped EMME Group to publish PC games based on hit Nickelodeon preschool properties such as Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go! and The …

LOS ANGELES, July 12: MySpace announced today that it is outperforming all other social networking sites, having crossed the 70 million active monthly user mark in the U.S.; nearly one in four Americans used the News Corporation-owned site last month, …

LONDON, July 12: Endemol International has secured a range of new international broadcast deals for its U.K.-produced factual programming, including the sale of the one-hour documentary special Extraordinary Ten Year Olds into eight additional territories. Extraordinary Ten Year Olds, produced …

CARACAS, July 12: Venezuelan terrestrial broadcaster RCTV, which was forced off the air by President Hugo Chávez, plans to launch on several cable and satellite platforms in the country, chief executive Marcel Granier has said. Speaking at a news conference, …

LOS ANGELES, July 12: The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) will be holding its fifth annual TV Producers’ Boot Camp at the House of Blues and Comedy Store in Los Angeles on July 26 and July 27. Designed …

LOS ANGELES, July 12: Among a host of announcements made at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour today, HBO unveiled plans for a new comedy series, executive produced by Simon Fuller, featuring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the stars …

BARCELONA, July 12: Neptuno Films has taken on selected distribution rights to the 3-D animated preschool series Katakune, a co-production between Singapore’s Character Farm and China’s Wogee Toons. The 52×11-minute episodes or 260×2-minute episodes are scheduled to be completed by …