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HILVERSUM, September 27: Peter Bazalgette is stepping down as the chief creative officer at Endemol and chairman of Endemol U.K. as part of a slate of management changes announced today, including the appointment of Marco Bassetti as COO. Bassetti joined …

LONDON, September 27: Distraction has added Trade Up, originally known as Paquet Voleur, the prime-time game show from Bubbles Television, to its slate of offerings for MIPCOM. Trade Up watches eight contestants face off against each other to win a …

NEW YORK, September 27: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer Aldar and the newly established Abu Dhabi Media Company have formed a long-term alliance that calls for the creation of a theme park and hotel, as well as …

NEW YORK, September 27: HBO has appointed four new VPs of international distribution and has upped Jennifer Bowen to senior VP of international distribution, reporting to Charles Schreger, the president of programming sales. Carol Eymery, Rose Marie Vega and Roberta …

BURBANK, September 27: NBC is set to launch My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, a new reality competition series from Mark Burnett Productions (Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?) and Reveille (The Biggest Loser). The eight-episode series is …

DOHA, September 27: Al Jazeera English has appointed former Turner Broadcasting System executive Phil Lawrie as the director of global distribution, with responsibility for obtaining broad distribution in the U.S. market, as well as deeper penetration in India and other …

LONDON, September 27: Liberty Global’s Chellomedia has formed a joint venture with HIT Entertainment to launch and distribute the Italian preschool channel JimJam internationally. This follows a separate deal in which Chellomedia had acquired JimJam, which is currently available on …

HILVERSUM, September 27: Half-year turnover at 2waytraffic was up 341 percent to 39.5 million euros, driven in part by the company’s acquisition of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? format last year. In the television division, revenues were up …

NEW YORK, September 27: AETN International has reached agreements with VODEO.TV, Glowria, and Vuze to launch branded video-on-demand services in France for The History Channel, The Biography Channel and Crime & Investigation Network. VODEO.TV will feature The History Channel, The …

STAMFORD, September 27: In an effort to tap into its strong worldwide appeal, World Wrestling Entertainment has revealed plans to expand its operations into London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Toronto and Sydney. The regional office in London will be led …