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NEW YORK, July 19: The U.S.-based Asian American network ImaginAsian TV has added three new Japanese animated series from Geneon Entertainment to its Tuesday evening animation block: Paradise Kiss, Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales and Kamichu. The three new series, premiering …

MADRID, July 19: BabyTV, a television channel for infants and toddlers under 3, is now available via the cable company ONO in Spain, starting today. BabyTV’s educational programming is now available in both English and Spanish to all of ONO’s …

BERN, July 19: swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) has launched its own channel on the popular video sharing website YouTube in order to more fully meet its mandate to inform Swiss people abroad about news at home, and to raise awareness …

LOS ANGELES, July 19: A new initiative to bring American-style success to the Icelandic television drama series industry has been announced by the media consultancy company MediaXchange. The conference, titled “Outside ‘The Box’”, will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from …

LOS ANGELES, July 19: HBO’s TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee led the Primetime Emmy nominations announced today with a total of 17 nods, while The Sopranos was the most nominated series with a total of 15; HBO …

NEW YORK, July 19: John Wallace has been named the president of NBC owned-and-operated television stations, succeeding Jay Ireland, who was recently appointed president and CEO of GE Asset Management. In his new role, effective immediately, Wallace will oversee NBC’s …

LONDON, July 19: A new report by research firm Datamonitor expects digital TV services to reach around 165 million homes in Western Europe and the U.S. by 2012, with IPTV to experience the largest growth. The new report, titled European …

LONDON, July 19: UKTV has announced the appointment of Simon Brown, formerly with Discovery Networks Europe, as director of strategic research and planning. In his new role, Brown will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of meaningful research that serves …

MUNICH, July 19: The German Cartel Office has cleared pay-TV platform Premiere’s deal to sub-license Bundesliga German soccer matches from Unity Media. The authority says that Premiere can air the games for the next two seasons. It is said to …

SYDNEY, July 19: Bruce Dover will take over the position of chief executive at Australia Network, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s international television service to Asia, the Pacific and the Indian sub-continent, on August 6, based in Sydney. In his new …