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WASHINGTON, January 29: Smithsonian Networks, the joint venture of Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution, has unveiled the lineup for its VOD service that will be rolled out to operators this spring, with more than 60 titles on offer, including …

MADRID, January 26: Sogecable’s digital satellite platform, Digital+, has added three Time Warner channels to its basic service: a new version of TCM, as well as TCM Classics and TNT. The TCM channels will make their debut on the platform …

LOS ANGELES, January 26: Director, writer and actor Damian Chapa and Laguna Productions have announced two new feature film titles: Mexican American and El Chicano. Mexican American, with Chapa, Joe Estevez and Rachel Hunter, is slated for a DVD release …

DUNEDIN, January 26: The fifth season of NHNZ’s The Most Extreme is set to begin airing on Animal Planet in the U.S. this April. The show, which this season introduces new topics such as “Animal Inventors” and “Nature’s Medics”, has …

COPENHAGEN, January 26: TV 2 Danmark has tapped Keld Reinicke and Merete Mortensen as the new heads of its program department, following Bo Damgaard’s resignation at the end of last year. Reinicke is the former managing director of TV 2 …

LONDON, January 26: Jo Clinton-Davis will join ITV as controller of popular factual from her role as the head of commissioning at UKTV. At ITV, she will be responsible for developing and commissioning a broad slate of popular factual programming. …

LONDON, January 26: HIT Entertainment has named Rodrigo Pizà to the position of VP of TV for Latin America. Pizà will report to Alison Homewood, HIT’s EVP of content distribution. He joins HIT Entertainment from The Locomotion Channel, where he …

TORONTO, January 26: Ellis Entertainment has appointed Sean Connolly as development director in an effort to boost the slates of both Ellis Vision and VisionTV International. Connolly worked with EPI, Proper Television and Red Apple in Canada prior to joining …

NEW YORK, January 26: Time Warner’s president and COO, Jeff Bewkes, has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors, as has Motorola’s chairman and CEO, Edward J. Zander. Bewkes elevation to the board further strengthens speculation that he is …

NEW YORK, January 26: Victor Jung, the former treasurer of NBC Universal, has been charged with stealing more than $800,000 from the company, according to wire reports. Jung, who allegedly used the stolen money to finance private jet flights, liquor …