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PARIS, January 15: Japanese pubcaster NHK will be the first company to receive a Green World Award at MIPTV, in recognition of its continued commitment to raising public awareness on environmental issues. With Japan being named the country of honor …

LOS ANGELES, January 15: The Africa Channel has entered into an affiliation agreement with Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for carriage on service’s basic digital cable package. Based in the U.S., The Africa Channel showcases Africa’s people, culture, politics, geography and …

NEW YORK, January 15: Toshiba has cut the prices of its HD DVD players in a bid to step up its fight against Sony’s Blu-ray format. Following Warner Bros.’ decision last week to exclusively back Blu-ray, industry spectators have been …

TEMECULA, January 15: Outdoor Channel, a U.S.-based network for outdoor enthusiasts, has appointed Michael Dorsey to the position of producer and director of programming and production. In his new position, Dorsey will head a team in scheduling new programming and …

LOS ANGELES, January 15: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has scored another deal with an independent studio, inking an interim agreement with the film, television and digital-media outfit Media Rights Capital (MRC). “This is an exciting agreement that will …

LOS ANGELES, January 15: The principal cast members of Disney Channel’s High School Musical and High School Musical 2 have signed on for Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming theatrical feature High School Musical 3: Senior Year, with production slated to begin …

SUFFOLK, January 14: At NATPE, New Dominion Pictures’ docudrama series The FBI Files and New Detectives, which have had very successful runs on the Discovery Channel, will be available for the U.S. syndication market for a September debut. New Dominion’s …

LONDON, January 14: Entertainment Rights (ER) has closed broadcast agreements for the 2-D series Transformers Animated with broadcasters in the U.K., France and in Germany. ER has sold 26 22-minute episodes plus a 70-minute special episode of the series to …

HOLLYWOOD, January 14: At last night’s Golden Globes press conference, HBO led the pack with six wins, including Extras being named best comedy/musical series and the HBO/Granada/Channel 4 co-production Longford scoring in the mini-series/TV movie category; best drama, meanwhile, went …

NEW YORK, January 14: BBC Worldwide Americas has licensed the format rights to its hit comedy The Office to production company Chilecorto and Chile’s Canal 13, who will begin work on the Spanish-language version early this year. This marks the …