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NEW YORK, August 21: Comedy Central has announced its fall programming schedule, which will feature the return of series like South Park alongside the premiere of the comedic reality series Kenny vs. Spenny. Several series have made it back onto …

NEW YORK, August 21: The Associated Press (AP) has reached an agreement with NBC Sports and NBC Olympics to be the exclusive news agency for the online distribution of select NBC-produced text content and video links related to the 2008 …

LONDON, August 21: S4C International has announced new deals on its successful preschool property Hana’s Helpline with RAI, Nickelodeon Australia, Hop! Channel in Israel and France’s Piwi. The deals are in addition to previous sales to broadcasters including ZDF and …

LONDON, August 21: Ranking the Stars, a format distributed by Outright Distribution, has been licensed for a first run on Belgium’s VTM and a second season on BNN (on Ned 3) in the Netherlands, and has been optioned in seven …

LONDON, August 21: Cake Distribution’s animated series Skunk Fu! has been licensed into the U.S. via The CW’s Kids’ WB! Saturday morning block. The 52×12-minute property, created by Aidan Harte, is targeted to children aged 6 to 12. It is …

AMSTERDAM, August 21: Off the Fence has licensed a range of factual programming to channels in Russia, including a deal with NTS for 15 hours of content. Among the titles in the NTS deal are JFK’s Women—The Scandals Revealed, a …

NEW YORK, August 21: The nominations were announced today for the news and current affairs categories for the 2007 International Emmy Awards, with first-time nods for Hong Kong, Romania, Russia and the Philippines. Winners will be announced at a ceremony …

ENGLEWOOD, August 21: Stephan Shelanski, currently the senior VP of programming at Starz Entertainment, has been promoted to executive VP of programming, where he will be responsible for content across all of the company’s platforms. In his new role, Shelanski …

LONDON, August 21: Steve Burch is stepping down as the CEO of British cable platform Virgin Media “for personal reasons” and is due to return to the U.S. Burch’s resignation comes as Virgin Media explores its strategic options, including a …

LEIPZIG/LONDON/NEW YORK, August 21: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has appointed Arwed-Ralf Grenzbach to the newly created role of VP of videogames, music and special products, effective immediately. In his new role, based in London, Grenzbach will report to …