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LUXEMBOURG, December 10: Gunter Thielen, the outgoing chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann, and Ewald Walgenbach will step down from the Board of Directors of the RTL Group, effective December 31. Thielen has been a member of the RTL Group Board …

BOSTON, December 10: PBS’s British drama strand Masterpiece Theatre will introduce a new look, new scheduling, and the first of three new hosts, beginning in January 2008. Gillian Anderson, an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress who starred as Lady Dedlock …

STOCKHOLM, December 10: MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting and CDON have inked a three-year licensing deal with Nordisk Film for a selection of feature films and TV series that will be made available on their streaming VOD services in Scandinavia. Content will …

NEW YORK, December 7: SCI FI Channel has given the go-ahead for a new reality competition pilot, Run For Money, based on a hit Japanese format from Fuji Television. The pilot is set to begin production in January in Los …

SANTA MONICA, December 7: Lionsgate has expanded its agreement with MGA Entertainment by picking up additional home entertainment and VOD distribution rights to MGA’s Bratz franchise in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The new extended agreement sees Lionsgate becoming …

NEW YORK, December 7: NBC Universal-owned cable channel USA Network has re-upped the current contract for World Wrestling Entertainment’s WWE Monday Night RAW for an additional two years. The extension comes as the wrestling series plans to celebrate its upcoming …

SÃO PAULO, December 7: Eastern European broadcaster TV Kosava has renewed its agreement with Globo TV Sports, picking up the 2008 season of Brazilian Magic Football along with a range of other Brazilian football programming. The package for Brazilian Magic …

SINGAPORE, December 7: SingTel has unveiled the lineup for Singaporean movie and TV content that will be available on demand this month on its pay-TV platform, mio TV. The new schedule on mio TV’s Video on Demand kicks off with …

NEW YORK, December 7: In the run-up to NATPE, Entertainment Rights (ER) has secured the Latin American distribution rights for the new 2-D series Transformers Animated, set to debut in the U.S. in early 2008. ER has picked up the …

NEW YORK, December 7: Bravo has ordered second seasons of two reality series: the hairstyling competition Shear Genius and the interior design show Top Design. Magical Elves, the production outfit behind Top Chef and Project Runway, will be taking over …