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SAN MATEO, December 1: Sling Media has hired former MTV digital entertainment executives Jason Hirschhorn and Benjamin White to head up the newly created Sling Media Entertainment Group, which is charged with creating next-generation entertainment experiences for Slingbox users. Slingbox …

SINGAPORE, December 1: Indian pay-TV movie channel FILMY, owned by Sahara One, has entered into a multiyear volume film deal with Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific. The agreement, a key one for BVITV as it looks to strengthen its business …

HONG KONG, December 1: Granada International, which recently opened an Asian regional headquarters in Hong Kong, has licensed the latest season of the American version of Hell’s Kitchen to Singaporean terrestrial broadcaster MediaCorp. The ten-episode FOX series, in which Gordon …

AMSTERDAM, December 1: Nokia is to launch a Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) broadcast mobile TV pilot in India, in conjunction with the national state broadcaster Doordarshan. The Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution will be delivered to Doordarshan via SHAF Broadcast in …

LOS ANGELES, December 1: Style Network, which targets female viewers aged 18 to 49, has entered into a programming and marketing alliance with The Knot, a leading online wedding resource. "The Knot and Style complement each other perfectly,” said Suzanne …

MONTREAL, December 1: Incendo Productions has began production on its 26th made for television movie, entitled Blind Trust, which is being produced in association with Power in the U.K. The feature is being shot in Montreal with a cast that …

WASHINGTON D.C., November 30: The AmericanLife TV Network, which targets the “Baby Boomer” generation, is paying tribute to the late director, writer and producer Robert Altman with a special week of Combat! episodes that he directed. The episodes of the …

SINGAPORE, November 30: Globo TV International is at the Asia Television Forum this week with three novelas—America, Student’s Heart and Capital Sin—and one mini-series, Seven Women. “Asia is a strategic market for TV Globo International,” said Rafael Corrêa, the sales …

HOUSTON, November 30: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster LAT TV (LatinAmerica Broadcasting) has launched AlamoHeightsSA, a telenovela designed for multiplatform broadcast. The show, from Alamo Heights SA Holdings, is being billed as the industry’s first “royalty-free, cross-cultural, Tex-Mex cybernovela.” Available in Spanish …

LONDON, November 30: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW), the licensing division of FremantleMedia, has made a series of new appointments and promotions within its U.K. licensing team. Robert Marsh has been named the VP of interactive and telephony for the U.K., …