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Discovery Kids’ Exec Joins ¡Sorpresa! Network

April 12, 2007

NEW YORK, April 12: Maria Badillo is joining the Hispanic kids’ channel ¡Sorpresa! Network as VP of programming from Discovery Kids Latin America. Badillo will be responsible for co-production and acquisitions for the ¡Sorpresa! Network. She will report to Leonard …

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BabyTV Expands to Japan

April 12, 2007

TOKYO, April 12: BabyTV, a channel for infants and toddlers under the age of 3, is expanding to Japan as a morning and afternoon block on News Broadcasting Japan’s FOXlife HD channel. BabyTV was first launched in Israel in 2003, …

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BBC Signs Up for Distraction Game Show Format

April 12, 2007

LONDON, April 12: The BBC has picked up Distraction’s Dirty Rotten Cheater, an interactive game show format centered on cheating, for launch this summer. The BBC’s version of the game show will be hosted by Brian Conley. Nominated last year …

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SevenOne International Sells German Telenovela to Italy

April 12, 2007

MUNICH, April 12: SevenOne International has licensed all 123 episodes of Sat.1’s telenovela Love is in the Air to Mediaset’s Canale 5 in Italy, for broadcast starting from April 16. Launching under the Italian title Cuori tra le nuvole, or …

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DIC Launches Global Brand Management Division

April 12, 2007

BURBANK, April 12: DIC Entertainment has formed a Global Brand Management division that will work across the TV, home entertainment and consumer products divisions, reporting to Nancy Fowler, the company’s head of global sales. The Global Brand Management division will …

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Cartoon Network to Debut Mr. Men Show from Chorion

April 12, 2007

LONDON, April 12: Cartoon Network in the U.S. will launch The Mr. Men Show, a new 52×11-minute animated sketch comedy series for kids from Chorion, in January 2008. Cartoon Network will also co-produce the series, which is based on the …

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Sky One to Develop FOX Game Show for the U.K.

April 12, 2007

LONDON, April 12: In a format deal with Reveille International, Sky One has secured the rights to develop a version of Mark Burnett Productions’ hit FOX game show Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? under the title Are You …

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Fox Italy Preps First Scripted Series

April 12, 2007

ROME, April 12: Boris, the first scripted series produced by Fox Channels Italy, launches on the FOX channel on SKY Italia on Monday, April 16, at 11 p.m. The series will also be available on FoxOne, the mobile DVB-H channel …

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CBS Announces New Online Content Initiative

April 12, 2007

NEW YORK, April 12: CBS Corporation today unveiled the CBS Interactive Audience Network, making selected programming available online, for free, on a host of third-party platforms, among them AOL, Microsoft, Joost, Comcast, Sling Media, Veoh, CNET Networks, Bebo, Brightcove and …