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HILVERSUM, July 5: At an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders today, Elías Rodríguez-Viña Cancio was approved as the new chairman and CEO of Endemol. The move follows Joaquim Agut Bonsfills’ abrupt resignation last month. Rodriguez-Viña will chair the company’s management ...

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NEW YORK, July 5: BBC America has picked up two dramas from award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern—The Street and Cracker—from Granada International. The Street is set in Northern England, with each episode focusing on a different house on the block. It ...

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TORONTO, July 5: CHUM International has secured a raft of new licensing deals and renewals on its slate of entertainment, fashion and music programming. The MMVAs '06 Red Carpet Arrivals Special and the 17th Annual MuchMusic Video Awards were taken ...

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TORONTO, July 5: The Christian Channel in Canada today launched a daily block targeted to viewers aged 13 to 30 featuring music videos, reality programming, talk shows, extreme sports and other faith-based content. The block, provided by the Christian youth ...

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SYDNEY, July 5: Southern Star International has secured new deals in France with AB Droits on Meerkat Manor and Forensic Investigators. AB Droits acquired seasons one and two of Meerkat Manor, an Oxford Scientific Films production for Animal Planet; and ...

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MADRID, July 5: ESPN Classic has reached a carriage deal with Telefónica’s Spanish IPTV platform Imagenio, reaching more than 250,000 subscribers. Imagenio offers 66 different TV channels, 15 radio stations, a pay per view football channel and interactive information and ...

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COPENHAGEN, July 5: Zodiak Television World has notched up new format deals in Eastern Europe, including the sale of Stars on Stage to Ukraine’s Inter-TV. Devised at MTV Mastiff Sweden, the prime-time entertainment series is slated for a 12-episode run ...

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LONDON, July 5: John Willis is stepping down as the director of factual and learning at the BBC after a three-year stint with the public broadcaster. Willis’s tenure saw the BBC release titles such as Planet Earth and The Secret ...

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LONDON, July 5: LIVINGtv’s commissioning editor Steve Regan has been named head of factual entertainment and entertainment at Target Entertainment. Regan joins Target in the middle of this month and is charged with managing the company’s production activities in the ...

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BUDAPEST, June 30: HBO Central Europe has named Ondrej Zach as country manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Zach will have overall responsibility for HBO basic and premium channels in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and will have oversight ...

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