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TORONTO, September 14: guru studio, a Canadian animation production company, has appointed former Disney executive Mary Bredin to head up development and acquisitions. In her new role, Bredin will focus on the development of new properties for film, TV, and …

CAMBRIDGE, September 14: Speaking at the Royal Television Society, News Corporation’s president and COO, Peter Chernin, warned that while there are huge opportunities ahead for broadcasters who embrace digital services and come up with new ideas, those who don’t will …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, September 14: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold the classic ‘90s series Baywatch to the Los Angeles Telemundo affiliate KWHY-TV, who will air the first Spanish-language version of the program broadcast in the U.S., starting from today. Prior to …

LONDON, September 13: ITN has been appointed producer of Setanta Sports News, a 24-hour news channel jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media, available to Virgin Media subscribers across the U.K. later this year and expanding to a wider …

LOS ANGELES, September 13: PorchLight Entertainment has launched KidVideos.com, a new advertiser-supported online video portal that will host user-generated content from kids. The portal is currently in the public beta stage. When fully released, the site will also provide online …

LOS ANGELES, September 13: Independent non-fiction distributor Ocule has secured the global distribution rights to four prime-time series from Bodog TV for launch at MIPCOM: Bodog Fight, Bodog Music’s Battle of the Bands, Calvin’s Sharks & Fools and Calvin Ayre …

LONDON, September 13: Format specialist Distraction has announced plans to launch a new production department, with The Walt Disney Company’s Kirsten Calteau tapped to lead the new unit. Calteau’s new position as head of production will be based in Paris. …

LONDON, September 13: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has inked a series of significant sales to MediaCorp channels in Singapore, including more than 320 hours of content to MediaCorp TV5, Channel News Asia and MediaCorp TV12. MediaCorp TV5 acquired a package of …

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 13: Pilot Productions and National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) have co-produced the fourth season of Treks in a Wild World, to air on NGCI’s Nat Geo Adventure channel. The 13×30-minute series is aimed at the adventure seeker, …

MIAMI, September 13: Venevision International’s new telenovela Nunca Te Dire Adios (I Will Never Say Goodbye) will premiere on the U.S. Spanish-language network Univision on September 17 at 1 p.m. In the same timeslot, Nunca Te Dire Adios replaces Tropico, …