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MUMBAI, November 28: Indian children chose Disney Channel as the Best Children’s Channel; their vote was announced at the Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards (HHITA). At a gala event in Mumbai, Disney Channel was named the winner of the …

LONDON, November 27: National Geographic Television International has announced a raft of new deals for some of its recently acquired programming from U.K. independent producer Essential Television and Film. France 5 has acquired seven of Essential’s Tribal Odyssey hours including …

MUMBAI, November 27: STAR Plus in India is reviving its most successful show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, the local version of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? format, with Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan as its new host. The new season …

LONDON, November 27: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW), the licensing division of FremantleMedia, has secured several direct-to-retail promotion deals with major U.K. chains Comet, Superdrug and Argos for the series The X Factor. This marks the first time that FLW has …

HILVERSUM, November 27: Endemol has boosted its business in Latin America with three recent developments: it increased its stake in Endemol Andino; extended its output deal with TV Globo in Brazil; and appointed a new creative director for the Latin …

LOS ANGELES, November 27: CBS is looking for talent for its broadband-video channel innertube and has signed on Michael Cera of Arrested Development to develop a short-form series. Cera, who starred in FOX’s cult series as the son of Justin …

BERLIN, November 27: Turner Broadcasting System Europe is set to launch Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Cartoon Network in Germany. The new channels come upon the heels of the German launch of Turner’s 24-hour cartoon channel Boomerang in June, 2006. …

LONDON, November 27: According to a BBC News Survey, people in the U.K. are starting to watch less television as online video grows in popularity. Some 43 percent of U.K. viewers who watch video from the Internet or on a …

LONDON, November 27: NBC Universal International Television Distribution has licensed Heroes, NBC’s popular new series, to the BBC for airing on BBC TWO next year. This epic serial drama chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary …

MILAN, November 27: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi fainted while giving a speech on Sunday. He was then taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a minor heart problem. Italy’s richest man and owner the broadcast group Mediaset, Berlusconi …