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LONDON, July 3: BBC Worldwide has tapped Gill Pritchard as the director of children’s for its home entertainment business, effective this September. Prior to her appointment, Pritchard served as the business development director in charge of developing and building the …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, July 3: The British factual and reality producer September Films has tapped Sheldon Lazarus as its new creative director of factual, effective immediately. Lazarus was previously the head of factual for At It Productions. In his new role, …

BRUSSELS, July 3: The European Commission is seeking information from the Hollywood studios as part of an informal probe into whether the two competing high-definition DVD formats, Blu-ray and HD DVD, engaged in anti-competitive behavior, according to wire reports. Sony, …

LONDON, July 3: According to the BBC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2006/2007, 72 percent of audiences said that innovation from the broadcaster was important, but only 51 percent agreed that it is performing well in this area. Launching the …

LONDON, July 3: According to the Guardian, BSkyB is in discussions with Microsoft to make its proposed digital terrestrial television pay-TV service available on PCs. Sky is looking to launch a pay service on Freeview early next year; the proposal …

LONDON, July 3: Speaking at the Royal Television Society, Michael Grade, the executive chairman of ITV, called on broadcasters to remember that maintaining audiences’ trust is key, stating that the call-in scandals that have hit the U.K. reflect a “casual …

MILAN, July 3: Mediaset’s Italia 1 says it has stopped broadcasting World Wrestling Entertainment’s Smackdown!, following the murder-suicide involving WWE star Chris Benoit. Last weekend, Benoit was found dead in his home; authorities ruled that he had committed suicide after …

TEHRAN, July 3: Iran has launched Press TV, a 24-hour English-language satellite television channel to rival international news networks like CNN and BBC World. The state-owned channel will be based in Tehran, according to Reuters, with offices in Washington, London, …

LOS ANGELES, July 3: A Dog’s Breakfast, a dark comedy shot by the cast and crew of the Stargate television series, premieres today on the iTunes Store and on Amazon Unbox. The film, represented worldwide for TV, home video and …

ATLANTA, July 2: This fall, Cartoon Network in the U.S. will launch Out of Jimmy's Head, a live-action series based on Re-Animated, the channel’s hit original movie last year. Out of Jimmy's Head continues the adventures of Jimmy Roberts and …