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NEW YORK, May 21: RHI Entertainment has appointed former GSN executive Russell Maitland to the newly created position of senior VP of advertising sales. Based in New York, Maitland, who has already assumed the post, will be responsible for leading …

DULLES, May 18: The critically acclaimed one-hour primetime mystery series History Detectives, co-produced by Lion Television in the U.K. and Oregon Public Broadcasting, returns to PBS for a fifth season in June. The fifth season will premiere on Monday, June …

TORONTO, May 18: The Canadian channel OLN, together with the Toronto-based Peace Point Entertainment Group, have begun production on the second season of the original reality series Ed’s Up, featuring Ed Robertson, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated band Barenaked …

SILVER SPRING, May 18: In an effort to focus on e-commerce and licensing partnerships, Discovery Communications has announced that it will shutter all of its 103 mall-based and stand-alone Discovery Channel Stores by the end of the third quarter of …

BAGHDAD, May 18: Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were ambushed and killed as they drove home from the network's Baghdad bureau. In a statement posted on the ABC News website, ABC News president David Westin said that the …

LONDON, May 18: Five has beat out the BBC in acquiring the British rights to the hit Australian soap Neighbours from FremantleMedia Enterprises. Neighbours will premiere on Five’s main channel and digital offering Five Life in 2008. Airing on Australia’s …

CANNES/SANTA MONICA, May 18: StudioCanal-owned Optimum Releasing and Lionsgate U.K. have formed a joint venture to acquire U.K.-based DVD distributor Elevation Sales. The acquisition will become operational in September, and the company will retain the name Elevation Sales and its …

SHANGHAI, May 18: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has signed a deal that will see the development and construction of MGM Studio World, a lifestyle center in Shanghai, China, built around the MGM brand and its intellectual properties. The agreement is with Hong …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON, May 18: HBO Latin America has acquired a package of three drama series and two British films from BBC Worldwide, including the film Magnificent Seven, starring Helena Bonham Carter. The drama series licensed to HBO Latin America include …

LONDON, May 18: Two Way TV has reached a long term content deal with Virgin Media for its skill-based games service and its interactive gaming channels, The Winner Channel and The Roulette Channel. The content deal will enable Virgin Media …