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CENTURY CITY, April 13: Tabitha Calero, formerly with The Robert Evans Company, and ex-MTV Networks staffer Gregory Diamond have launched a new TV and film outfit, Enigmatic Pictures, with production already underway on the documentary feature Crime and Passion. The …

BEIJING/BRUSSELS, April 13: The European Union will not join the U.S.’s complaint to the World Trade Organization against China over the rampant piracy in that market, wire reports indicate. According to Reuters, Viviane Reding, the EU’s Information Society and Media …

PARIS, April 13: Philippe Rouxel, the deputy managing director of Lagardere Networks International (LNI), has been named worldwide distribution VP at the French international news network France 24. Beginning this month, Rouxel will manage the global distribution of France 24 …

NEW YORK/SAN MATEO, April 13: Beginning this September, the Nielsen Company and Integrated Media Measurement Inc. (IMMI), the developer of an integrated media measurement system, will launch a co-branded service that will provide the industry’s first ongoing audience estimates of …

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 13: Smithsonian Networks, the joint venture of Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution, has lined up alliances with non-fiction producers around the world, bringing more than 100 hours of HD programs to its soon-to-be launched factual content …

LONDON, April 13: Babelgum, a new global Internet TV platform, will be featuring a previously unseen documentary from acclaimed director Spike Lee at MIPTV next week, with Lee himself on hand to showcase the content, which was originally commissioned to …

LONDON, April 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will launch two new game show formats at MIPTV this month: Grand Slam, which is currently being produced by Embassy Row for GSN in the U.S., and One Year Free. Created by …

SINGAPORE, April 13: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) will lead a contingent of 21 companies to MIPTV next week with a record slate of over 50 locally produced high-definition programs ranging from factual titles to animated series. The …

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 …

LONDON, April 12: Entertainment Rights has licensed all 80 15-minute episodes of Postman Pat to CCTV in China for premiere this year as part of the children’s block, CCTV-kids. This marks the first time that Postman Pat will appear on …