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HONG KONG, September 13: Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has bolstered its senior management with the promotion of Ian Carroll from senior VP and general manager to executive VP. In his new role, Carroll will oversee the company’s foray in …

CULVER CITY, September 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Frank Sutera to VP of international production for its international networks group. In this new position, Sutera continues to oversee the development and production of original content for SPTI’s …

LONDON, September 13: Five has appointed Channel 4’s Ralph Lee as head of factual. Since joining Channel 4 in 2002 as deputy head of specialist factual, Lee has been responsible for a range of programming including the BAFTA-nominated series That’ll …

LONDON, September 13: Discovery Networks UK has appointed Dan Korn and Paul Welling to the newly created positions of head of factual and head of lifestyle, respectively. Korn will be responsible for Discovery Channel, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Civilisation, Discovery Science …

BURBANK, September 13: DIC Entertainment has appointed Kirk Bloomgarden to the position of executive VP of global sales, effective January 1, 2008. Based out of DIC’s headquarters in Burbank, California, Bloomgarden will report to Jeffrey Edell, the president of DIC, …

NEW YORK, September 13: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted Jason Root to senior VP of digital for Nick.com and Nickatnite.com. Root was elevated from his previous position as the VP of Nick.com. He will continue to report to …

ALVISO, September 13: TiVo has reached a deal to offer the first Spanish-language version of its service to Televisa-owned Cablevision’s digital cable subscribers in Mexico City, beginning today. The TiVo service is being offered to Cablevision subscribers as a package, …

LONDON, September 13: ITN has been appointed producer of Setanta Sports News, a 24-hour news channel jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media, available to Virgin Media subscribers across the U.K. later this year and expanding to a wider …

LOS ANGELES, September 13: PorchLight Entertainment has launched KidVideos.com, a new advertiser-supported online video portal that will host user-generated content from kids. The portal is currently in the public beta stage. When fully released, the site will also provide online …

LOS ANGELES, September 13: Independent non-fiction distributor Ocule has secured the global distribution rights to four prime-time series from Bodog TV for launch at MIPCOM: Bodog Fight, Bodog Music’s Battle of the Bands, Calvin’s Sharks & Fools and Calvin Ayre …