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LONDON, March 3: Galleon Holdings has signed an exclusive co-production agreement with China’s Guangdong TV Sports Channel and the U.K.’s Chelsea Football Club for Super Soccer Star, a new multiplatform reality soccer talent program. The 13×30-minute show is currently going …

BRISTOL, March 3: Tigress Productions has been commissioned by Five to produce a new event series, Jaguar Adventure with Nigel Marven, set to air later this year. Jaguar Adventure with Nigel Marven follows the presenter and naturalist in search of …

SINGAPORE, March 3: Effective May 14, Man Shu Sum will resign from his post as the director of the Singapore Film Commission (SFC) and the director of strategic relations at the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), to begin his …

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3: VIZ Media’s Blue Dragon will debut in the U.S. on Cartoon Network this spring. The series is based on a videogame for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, and …

DHAKA/NEW YORK, March 3: Sesame Workshop announced that Sisimpur, the Bangladeshi adaptation of Sesame Street, is now airing on Channel i in the Middle East, the U.K. and North America. Targeted at 3- to 6-year-old Bangladeshi children, the series features …

HARRINGTON PARK, March 3: Janson Media will roll out a diverse range of titles at MIPTV, including the follow up to its pilot series Silk Road Adventure, titled GlobeRiders. Also on offer is Travel with Kids, a 26×30-minute series that …

MUMBAI, March 3: Taj Television’s Ten Sports channel has acquired the rights to several golf and motor programs, including the live telecast of the Johnnie Walker Classic, the European Tour’s golf tournament of Asia Pacific, currently underway at the DLF …

NEW YORK, March 3: According to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report, private-equity buyers were very active in the entertainment and media space last year, investing nearly $45 billion, up from $19.4 billion in 2006. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual report, 2008 M&A …

LOS ANGELES, March 3: Lee Raftery has been appointed as the VP of international marketing for Comcast International Media Group (CIMG). Based in the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, Raftery will lead CIMG’s global marketing teams in the U.S., the U.K. …

NEW YORK, March 3: A restructure in the digital, sales and research teams at NBC Universal was announced today, with new responsibilities for Salil Mehta, Mike Pilot and Jeff Gaspin, as Beth Comstock exits to take on a new role …