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ATLANTA, January 23: Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s late-night adult-skewing block, will launch two original live action-series on February 11. Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job is a 15-minute sketch show starring the comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. …

LONDON, January 23: Portman Film & Television has acquired the international distribution rights to Party Animals, a new eight-part drama series scheduled to air on BBC Two from January 31. Produced by World Productions, the makers of This Life and …

PARK CITY, January 23: Albie Hecht’s Shine Global has launched a semi-annual contest designed to promote and fund the development of documentary films, following the success of its first film, War/Dance. Shine’s first fully financed documentary film explores a group …

NEW YORK, January 23: The entertainment website Usmagazine.com has partnered with Veoh Networks to create a branded channel on the Veoh website. Set to launch in February, the channel will be the exclusive “Celebrity Channel” on Veoh.com, and will be …

MADRID, January 23: Wire reports indicate that Telefónica is looking to accelerate the sale of its 75-percent Endemol stake, with The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation both being bandied about as possible bidders, and both companies denying any involvement …

STOCKHOLM, January 23: Magnus Ringmar will take up the position of managing director of MTV Mastiff, Zodiak Television’s Swedish subsidiary, this spring. Ringmar replaces Louise Juel, who recently became VP at Zodiak Television World in Copenhagen. He was previously head …

MUMBAI, January 23: Two longtime STAR India staffers, Peter Mukerjea and Sameer Nair, have announced that they are leaving the company. Mukerjea, the CEO of STAR Group India, will leave the company at the end of this month. Nair, the …

LOS ANGELES, January 23: Playboy Entertainment Group has hired Todd Schwartz as VP of programming for Playboy TV and promoted Michael Spierer to the position of VP of programming and acquisitions for adult networks. Both will report to Bryan Postlethwait, …

LONDON, January 23: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has separated its European business into two separate divisions, U.K. and EMEA, reporting directly to Dawn McCall, the president of DNI. Robin Paxton, the MD of Discovery Networks Europe, is exiting as part …

LONDON, January 23: Celador International, recently acquired by 2waytraffic, has closed new deals on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, including one that will take the game show to China for the first time. China Media Power will produce the …