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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 …

LUXEMBOURG, March 9: Net revenues at SBS Broadcasting for 2006 were up by 14 percent to 1 billion euros, the company announced today, delivering an EBITDA of 207 million euros, a 43 percent gain on 2005. Commercial TV accounted for …

HILVERSUM/MADRID, March 9: After months of speculation, Telefónica has finally confirmed its intention to sell part or all of its 75 percent majority stake in Endemol. The Spanish telecommunications giant said today that it is “exploring strategic alternatives” in relation …

NEW YORK, March 9: DIRECTV has reached a deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) that includes the launch of the MLB Channel, which the platform will own a minority stake in, as part of its basic package. DIRECTV will work …

SEATTLE, March 9: Canada’s CHUM Television has agreed to make some of its content available for streaming on U.S.-based broadband network ReelTime.com, including up to 350 hours of original programming from CHUM’s SexTV: The Channel. This is the first such …

SALERNO, March 9: Cartoons on the Bay has announced that 162 programs from 30 countries have been chosen as official selections for this year’s festival, taking place April 19 to 22 in Salerno, Italy. The shows come from the U.S., …

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 9: The William Morris Agency has entered into an alliance with the Internet TV specialist Narrowstep to develop online television channels. “The rise of consumer power and choice in video is similar to the one I saw …

LONDON, March 9: Mexican DVD distributor En Pantalla has taken on the rights to distribute factual titles from BBC Worldwide in Mexico and Central America, via a two-year output deal. The deal will enable En Pantalla to release a minimum …

PARIS, March 9: For its annual Tokyo Showcase this year, taking place at the ANA Hotel from March 13 to 16, TV France International is joining forces with the Unifrance film market organized for the Tokyo French Film Festival. Forty-two …