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LONDON, March 12: BBC Worldwide has appointed Ben Hall to the newly created role of head of creative in the Content & Production business at BBC Worldwide, effective immediately. In this new role, Hall will work alongside Gareth Williams, the …

TORONTO, March 12: Toronto-based S-VOX, whose services include the multi-faith, multicultural broadcaster VisionTV, has announced that its COO and GM, Mark Prasuhn will assume the company’s programming responsibilities on an interim basis following the retirement of Chris Johnson. Johnson's retirement …

SYDNEY, March 12: Screentime has appointed Peter Gawler as its head of drama development, reporting to Greg Haddrick, the head of drama at the Australian television production company. Gawler has won five AWGIE Awards and has been nominated for several …

BEVERLY HILLS, March 12: The Tornante Company, the venture set up by ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner, has formed Vuguru, a studio that will produce and distribute original content for the Internet and other digital platforms, beginning with a serialized mystery …

NEW YORK, March 12: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the 11 nominees for this year’s International Interactive Emmy Awards, where BSkyB will receive the Pioneer Prize. Actor Roger Bart is returning to host the event, …

NEW YORK, March 12: MTV has experienced record traffic and video streams from its website mtv.com since the beginning of the year, and recorded 1 million streams from its MTV Mobile service in December and January. MTV.com delivered a record …

HAMBURG/BURBANK, March 12: A multiyear VOD agreement between HanseNet Telekommunikation and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution will bring more than 100 features to the Alice homeTV digital service in Germany, including the Academy Award-winning The Departed. Beginning immediately, the VOD …

LOS ANGELES, March 12: Lee Phillip Bell, the co-creator of CBS dramas such as The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful with her late husband William J. Bell, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the …

SILVER SPRING, March 12: Animal Planet, in partnership with Oxford Scientific Films, has begun production on the 13×30-minute third season of the series Meerkat Manor, which follows a family of meerkats in Africa. The third season, launching later this year, …

MUNICH, March 12: SevenOne International has clinched a deal for its science magazine Galileo to launch in Russia on STS. The ProSieben show will be adapted for the Russian channel by Berlin-based Victoria Production, which acquired 30 episodes and more …