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LONDON, July 11: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has appointed former Warner Bros. Animation chief Sander Schwartz to head up the company’s global production efforts as the president of international production, reporting to SPTI’s president, Michael Grindon. Schwartz will relocate …

ATLANTA, July 11: Court TV, owned by Turner Broadcasting System, is rebranding as truTV, effective January 1, 2008, and has put four new projects into development, including ones from Granada America and Bunim/Murray Productions. “The success of the Turner Entertainment …

HARRINGTON PARK, July 10: Janson Media’s award-winning documentary Libby, Montana, about the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in U.S. history, will premiere on August 28 as part of the PBS series P.O.V. (Point-of-View). Produced by High …

TORONTO/LONDON, July 10: DECODE Entertainment has secured the worldwide television and home entertainment distribution rights to Turner Broadcasting’s live-action comedy series My Spy Family, produced by Kindle Entertainment. The 26×22-minute series will air on Turner’s Boomerang channel in the U.K. …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON/LOS ANGELES, July 10: Jetix Europe has entered into an exclusive deal with Shout! Factory for the North American home entertainment distribution of two animated properties: Pucca and the sci-fi action series Oban Star-Racers. Shout! Factory will represent the North …

MAINZ, July 10: ZDF Enterprises is working on the licensing and merchandising campaign for its teen series H2O—Just Add Water, which the company featured at the Licensing Show in New York last month. Deals have been concluded in Italy and …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/LONDON, July 10: BBC Worldwide America has restructured its senior team, five months since the arrival of its new president, Garth Ancier. “By creating new roles, bringing in some fresh faces and promoting talent within the organization I …

BURBANK/LONDON, July 10: Seventeen-year Warner Bros. Entertainment veteran Paolo Ferrari has been promoted to president and managing director of the studio’s Italian operations, based in Rome. In his new position, Ferrari’s responsibilities include general oversight of all Warner Bros.’ businesses …

LOS ANGELES, July 10: According to the organizers of last weekend’s Live Earth series of concerts, the event was viewed by 8 million people on MSN, streaming 30 million videos, for what is being called the largest audience ever for …

LONDON, July 10: The U.K.’s Competition Commission’s investigation into BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9-percent stake in ITV will include a look at the links between the platform and other businesses within News Corporation, particularly the company’s British newspapers, such as …