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PARIS, July 5: India will be the country of focus at this year’s MIPCOM, with Zee’s Subhash Chandra and UTV’s Ronnie Screwvala set to deliver keynotes on India Day on October 8. India Day, in partnership with the Federation of …

DUBLIN, July 5: Former Vodafone executive Valerio Zingarelli has been tapped as the new CEO of Babelgum, succeeding co-founder Erik Lumer, who will now shift his focus to strategic product development. Zingarelli, previously Vodafone’s global director of networks and service …

LONDON, July 5: Five in the U.K. will launch time-shifted channels for its digital offerings Five Life and Five US on satellite this fall. “I’m delighted we can offer these new services to our viewers less than a year after …

TORONTO, July 5: CTVglobemedia will deliver 29 hours of high-definition coverage of this weekend’s Live Earth event on CTV, as well as more than 60 hours of additional live coverage on the MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic, MuchVibe, Bravo! and Star! cable networks. …

SINGAPORE, July 5: The Korea Culture & Content Agency (KOCCA) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have signed an agreement to collaborate on content and enhance the relationship between the creative industries in Singapore and Korea. The agreement …

MUNICH, July 5: Following its stint at DISCOP, SevenOne International has announced a raft of drama sales and entertainment format deals in Central and Eastern Europe. Raging Inferno from the Oscar-winning producers Wiedemann & Berg has sold to the Czech …

LONDON, July 3: Disney Theatrical Productions—responsible for musicals like The Lion King—will launch a touring stage adaptation of the award-winning Disney Channel original movie High School Musical in the U.K. in January 2008. Produced by Stage Entertainment in cooperation with …

DULLES, July 3: AOL has launched a newly redesigned and enhanced AOL Video portal that includes updated features to make it easier for consumers to find, watch and share more than 20 million videos from across the web. The new …

LOVELAND/HARRINGTON PARK, July 3: Janson Media has reached an exclusive deal to distribute Grizzly Adams Productions’ (GAP) catalogue of family-friendly specials and series to the worldwide television market. The new deal expands upon an existing relationship between the two companies, …

LONDON, July 3: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Justin Hatfield as the VP of sales for the U.K., Eire, Benelux and Scandinavia. Hatfield will relocate from Madrid to the U.K. to take up his new role. He was previously the …