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Latin Grammys Deliver for Univision

November 6, 2006

NEW YORK, November 6: Univision’s broadcast of the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night reached more than 11.3 million viewers and was also the number one program in its time period in a number of major markets among …

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Slings & Arrows Takes Gemini for Best Drama

November 6, 2006

RICHMOND, November 6: The 21st Annual Broadcast Gala Awards Show over the weekend named Slings & Arrows, from Rhombus Media, as best dramatic series, while Muse Entertainment’s Human Trafficking won the mini-series category and Vérité Films Inc. and 335 Productions’ …

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CBS Names New Interactive Chief

November 6, 2006

NEW YORK, November 6: Quincy Smith has been named president of CBS Corporation’s new division, CBS Interactive, overseeing the company's interactive strategy and its implementation across CBS Corporation's various businesses. Reporting directly to CBS Corporation’s president and CEO, Leslie Moonves, …

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September 2007 Broadcast for Ken Burns’ WWII Doc

November 6, 2006

ARLINGTON, November 6: PBS will air The War, Ken Burns’ highly anticipated seven-part documentary series about the Second World War that he has spent the last six years working on, in September 2007, it was announced today. The series, directed …

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HSM Reaches 25 Million Plus Viewers Across Europe

November 6, 2006

LONDON, November 6: By the end of October 2006, the Disney Channel original movie High School Musical had reached more than 25 million unique viewers across Europe, based on its broadcast on the Disney Channels, as well as on ProSieben, …

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ITV Acquires Southern Star Police Drama

November 6, 2006

LONDON, November 6: ITV has acquired from Southern Star International the rights to the police drama Liverpool 1 for ITV3. The police drama is based in Liverpool, following the plainclothes department of Merseyside CID. “We are thrilled to be bringing …

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FremantleMedia Hails Success of French Talent Show

November 6, 2006

PARIS, November 6: Incroyable Talent, the French adaptation of FremantleMedia’s talent show Got Talent, delivered 5 million viewers for M6 on its first night, a 43-percent improvement on the channel’s prime-time average. The viewing figures make Incroyable Talent the second …

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Talent Announced for New Nora Roberts TV Movie for Lifetime

November 6, 2006

LOS ANGELES, November 6: Alicia Witt, Matthew Settle, Scott Bakula and Talia Shire will star in Blue Smoke, a TV movie for Lifetime, from Peter Guber's Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions, based on the Nora Roberts novel of the …

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here! Renews Dante’s Cove

November 6, 2006

LOS ANGELES, November 6: The premium gay and lesbian programming service here! has given the greenlight to begin production on the third season of Dante's Cove in early 2007. The third season will consist of six one-hour episodes. The supernatural-themed …

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ADV Takes Shochiku Titles

November 3, 2006

HOUSTON, November 3: Texas-based Japanese animation producer and distributor ADV Films has reached a deal with Shochiku for the series Le Chevalier D’Eon and the feature films Ghost Train and Synesthesia. Under terms of the deal, ADV has acquired North …