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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 …

NEW YORK, January 23: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, an official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is slated to air on HBO on February 22, exploring the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. Filmmaker Rory Kennedy (HBO’s Indian …

TORONTO, January 23: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has settled its October 2001 lawsuit against VH1, MTV and Viacom over the financing of the series Big Sound. Big Sound, a 22-episode half-hour comedy series, aired on Global for one season. It …

BURBANK, January 23: NBC launched a range of interactive digital applications for its breakout hit Heroes yesterday, with exclusive and original content made available on several platforms. The launch of a “TV 360” treatment for Heroes, sponsored in part by …

Bennett Productions will produce the upcoming HD sports and music series Honda Ski Tour for ABC in the U.S. The Honda Ski Tour is an Alpine event tour held in various locales throughout the U.S. such as Sun Valley, Idaho; …

ENGLEWOOD, January 23: Starz Media has licensed more than 250 of its movie and video titles to Vongo, Starz Entertainment’s broadband video download platform, for VOD rental and electronic sell-through. The multiyear content licensing and distribution agreement with Vongo includes …

LONDON, January 23: MTV Networks International and retailer The Body Shop have teamed up for the launch of Spray to Change Attitudes, a multimedia HIV and AIDS prevention campaign spanning 44 countries and reaching millions of under-25 year olds. In …