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BEVERLY HILLS, February 8: Roy Bank, a former development executive at Mark Burnett Productions, has joined Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE) in the newly created position of president of television. Bank is the creator and executive producer of Are You Smarter …

LOS ANGELES, February 8: With the members of the Writers Guild of America due to meet tomorrow, the three-month-old strike is expected to come to a close this weekend, with reports indicating that work could resume as early as Monday. …

PRINCETON/LONDON, February 8: The IPTV outfit Narrowstep has promoted Barak Bar-Cohen to president and COO from his previous position as general manager of European operations for the company. Bar-Cohen brings more than 12 years of international experience and operations knowledge …

DUBAI, February 7: DreamWorks Animation has teamed up with Tatweer, a member of Dubai Holding, to develop a diverse portfolio of tourism and leisure projects in Dubai, including the world's first DreamWorks Animation-branded theme park. The DreamWorks Animation-branded theme park …

LONDON, February 7: The Emmy-winning youth-targeted news and information network Current TV has reached a distribution agreement with SKY Italia to develop a localized channel for the Italian market. The deal will add an additional 4.24 million households to the …

BURBANK, February 7: NBC has licensed an American adaptation of the Australian comedy Kath & Kim, which will star Saturday Night Live’s Molly Shannon and Legally Blonde’s Selma Blair. Kath & Kim examines the minutiae of middle-class suburbia that digs …

TORONTO, February 7: The Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) has announced that actress Sofia Milos, who stars in the Emmy-winning CBS series CSI: Miami, will receive this year’s Award of Excellence. The 29th edition of BWTVF will take place at …

NEW YORK, February 7: The U.S.-based free-to-air channel MyNetworkTV has ordered 13 episodes of Under One Roof, a new half-hour comedy series starring Flavor Flav, for broadcast this spring. In the series, Flav plays Calvster Hill, an ex-convict that moves …

LONDON, February 7: Jamie Oliver’s production company, Fresh One Productions, is joining forces with Nick Jr in the U.K. for a preschool series about cookery with a touch of magic. Titled Made with Magic, the series will combine live action …

LOS ANGELES, February 7: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has signed a number of long-term licensing deals in Latin America, totaling more than 110 hours of entertainment and lifestyle programming from The Style Network. FOXlife and Canal Fox Channel have …