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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 …

TORONTO, November 22: Corus Entertainment has promoted Vibika Bianchi to director of original productions at its women’s channel, W Network. Bianchi has been a member of the original productions team since joining W Network in 2004. She has had a …

NEW YORK, November 22: Walt Disney Company and Comcast have wrapped up deals that encompass placing Disney content on Comcast’s VOD service, carriage of Disney’s channels on Comcast cable systems, and the final sale of E! Networks to Comcast, according …

LOS ANGELES, November 22: Robert Altman, the American director whose critically acclaimed movies influenced filmmakers everywhere, has died at age 81. Altman was perhaps best known for 1970’s MASH, a black comedy set in the combat theater of the Korean …

NEW YORK, November 22: HBO, the pay-TV service owned by Time Warner, is considering launching a broadband Internet channel that would be available to subscribers of Time Warner Cable. According to the Financial Times, HBO’s CEO Chris Albrecht said that …

TEL AVIV, November 22: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization, is returning Rechov Sumsum (Sesame Street) to Israeli television after nearly a decade, with 40 new episodes that will premiere on Channel Hop! on December 15. The program’s new season …

LONDON, November 22: Junction Ltd, the organizers of IPTV World Forum announced speakers from across the telecoms and broadcast industry for its event which will take place at the Olympia in London between 5th-7th March 2007. A record 110 exhibitors …