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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, …

LAS VEGAS, January 22: At a NATPE event co-organized by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and moderated by World Screen’s group editorial director, Anna Carugati, executives from Channel 6 in Ireland, TV5MONDE and ImaginAsian TV discussed their …

CULVER CITY/LOS ANGELES, January 22: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has inked a format development and series production agreement with reality production outfit Base Camp Films in order to ramp up the rollout of original formats on its suite of …

PARK CITY, January 22: Discovery Communications and its Discovery Films unit have acquired the rights to In the Shadow of the Moon, a documentary premiering at Sundance that features crew members from the Apollo missions. Under the terms of the …

HONG KONG, January 22: On the heels of its recent wins at the Golden Globes and the successful debut on Channel 4 in the U.K., Buena Vista International Television’s Ugly Betty has secured slots on ten broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific …

LONDON, January 22: Entertainment Rights has reached a deal for the worldwide audiovisual, licensing and merchandising, publishing, live events and digital rights to the worldwide publishing phenomenon Where’s Wally? First published in 1986, Where’s Wally? boasts more than 76 million …

LONDON, January 22: BBC Worldwide has secured sales on the drama Primeval in 20 territories ahead of its launch next month on ITV. An Impossible Pictures production for ITV, ProSieben and M6, Primeval has been sold into markets across the …

NEW YORK, January 22: Nick Jr. has announced the pickup of Yo Gabba Gabba!, a new half-hour live-action preschool series for launch on the block this fall. Produced by The Magic Store and W!LDBRAIN, Yo Gabba Gabba! will commence production …

PARK CITY, January 22: RealNetworks’ new film and entertainment site, Film.com, is introducing free streaming access to full-length features along with information, interviews and background information on the titles. Film.com will showcase established and up-and-coming filmmakers and their work throughout …

UNTERFÖHRING, January 22: EM.Entertainment has licensed a package of titles to Canal J in France and has secured a home entertainment deal in Eastern Europe. In December 2006, Canal J secured the exclusive exploitation rights for the cartoon series Blinky …