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LOS ANGELES, June 12: The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has announced the lineup for its first annual LATV Festival in July, with showrunners and executives set to screen and discuss new episodes of Lost, The Office, Supernanny, …

TORONTO, June 12: Nerd Corps Entertainment’s new original 3-D animated series Storm Hawks will launch on mobile, online and on-demand platforms prior to its Canadian broadcast premiere this September on YTV. The 52×30-minute series will debut on Saturday, September 8, …

MUNICH, June 12: The game show Beat Your Host!, distributed by SevenOne International, achieved record ratings on ProSieben over the weekend, peaking at a 63.3-percent share, with a 31.5-percent average share, in the 14 to 49 demographic. A total of …

TORONTO, June 12: The Canadian multifaith and multicultural broadcaster VisionTV has partnered with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) to fund the production of the 6×30-minute drama series Rabbit Fall. APTN will premiere the series this fall, while VisionTV will …

LONDON, June 12: BBC Worldwide’s More Than a Game, on the history of the FIFA World Cup, received an award for best sports documentary at this year’s RTS Television Sports Awards. Representing the series was the episode entitled Argentina—From Darkness …

UNIVERSAL CITY, June 12: NBC Universal Television Studio has promoted Elisa Roth to the position of senior VP of drama programming, and Vernon Sanders to senior VP of comedy series. Both will report to Katherine Pope, the newly appointed president …

HILVERSUM, June 12: Endemol International has appointed Andy Ward to head up its online offering, Virtual Me—a venture with video game giant Electronic Arts—as the director of business development. In addition to his current responsibilities as the director of special …

LONDON, June 12: BKN International has announced a raft of new appointments and promotions, including the elevation of Nicola Andrews to managing director of BKN New Media in London. In hew new position as managing director, Andrews will take on …

BURBANK, June 12: DIC Entertainment has promoted Lisa Streff to the position of VP of domestic licensing in its consumer products division, effective immediately. In her new position, Streff will oversee the development and implementation of domestic licensing and merchandising …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, June 12: The Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube is gearing up to test a new technology that will help content owners identify pirated content. According to wire reports, the trials of the video identification technology will be conducted …