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BURBANK, December 3: NBC has reportedly reached a deal for a prime-time programming block featuring unscripted content from Original Productions’ Thom Beers, whose credits include Discovery Channel’s popular Deadliest Catch. According to the New York Times, NBC will air at …

TOKYO, December 3: NBC Universal has appointed Shigeo Yushita as the channel director in Japan for Global Networks Asia, where he will oversee the rollout of pay-TV channels in the country. Based in Tokyo, Yushita will be responsible for launching …

LAS VEGAS/NEW YORK, December 3: The heads of the U.S. Hispanic broadcasters Univision and Telemundo will take part at NATPE 2008, each in separate conversations with Anna Carugati, the executive VP and group editorial director of WSN INC., the publishing …

HONG KONG, December 3: Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is said to be in talks to acquire a stake in the popular social networking site Facebook. The Wall Street Journal reported today on its website that Li, the chairman of …

RESTON, December 3: According to a new report from research firm comScore, Google’s YouTube continues to rank as the top U.S. online video property, drawing the most unique video viewers and most videos viewed for the month of September. Google …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, December 3: Shine Productions, the British outfit headed up by Elisabeth Murdoch, is set to shell out a reported $200 million for Los Angeles-based Reveille Productions. According to the Financial Times, the Shine/Reveille merger is in the final …

LONDON, December 3: Five’s director of programs, Jay Hunt, has been named as the new controller of BBC One, succeeding Peter Fincham, who stepped down in October. Hunt joined Five this year after serving as the controller of daytime and …

LONDON, December 3: A new Screen Digest study forecasts that the global mobile TV market will grow to 140 million subscribers and generate revenues of 4.4 billion euros by 2011, with North America to experience the biggest increase. The study, …

NEW YORK, November 30: Albie Hecht’s digital entertainment studio Worldwide Biggies has inked a two-year extension agreement with Spike TV to executive produce its annual Video Game Awards. The fifth annual broadcast of the awards, taped from Mandalay Bay Events …

LONDON, November 30: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced that the hit Australian soap Neighbours is set to roll out across Scandinavia early next year, after shoring up sales in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Neighbours, which is already shown in 57 …