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MONTREAL, January 10: Astral Media’s VRAK.TV has appointed DECODE Entertainment’s distribution head, Dominique Bazay, as its new VP of programming, effective February 11. In her new role, Bazay will head up the programming operations of VRAK.TV and will report to …

LONDON, January 9: ITV has appointed Peter Iacono, previously with Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, as president and managing director of ITV Worldwide, the British commercial broadcaster’s international sales, distribution, merchandising, publishing and licensing arm. ITV Worldwide is part of …

LOS ANGELES, January 9: CBS and Showtime will partner to roll out a second installment of Big Brother: After Dark next month, for broadcast on the premium cable network’s SHO2 multiplex channel as a live three-hour feed from midnight to …

LAS VEGAS, January 9: NBC.com announced a new slate of content for midseason, including a partnership with iVillage on a Lipstick Jungle-related property, the launch of a new chapter in Heroes Evolution and a slew of online sites for television …

TORONTO, January 9: Corus Entertainment has extended its multi-year broadcast partnership with MTV Networks International to encompass all digital rights for Nickelodeon and related brands, covering broadcast, broadband, mobile, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, electronic sell-through and gaming. Under the new multiplatform agreement …

TORONTO, January 9: Disney’s Bernard Gershon, along with ESPN’s chairman emeritus Herbert A. “Herb” Granath and Greycroft’s Drew Lipsher have been added to the schedule for the History Makers 2008 Summit, which is scheduled to take place in New York …

NEW YORK, January 9: RHI Entertainment’s two-hour movie Journey to the Center of the Earth will premiere during ION Television Network’s RHI Movie Weekend block on Sunday, January 27. The newest adaptation of the classic novel by Jules Verne stars …

LONDON, January 9: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a deal with independent Swiss producer allcomm productions for the distribution rights to the weight-loss format Village on a Diet. Village on a Diet was produced by allcomm productions for SF Channel 1 …

NEW YORK, January 9: Elias Arts has joined forces with the Pangea Day organizers, opening up its extensive music library to filmmakers around the world as they prepare their short-film submissions for the one-day global event. Elias Arts has announced …

BASKING RIDGE/LOS ANGELES/LAS VEGAS, January 9: TOKYOPOP has launched a mobile video channel featuring anime and other Asian content on the Verizon V CAST platform. The channel features manga videos and anime clips and other Asian entertainment. Fifteen to 20 …