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NEW YORK, October 24: Sundance Channel has picked up the Canadian short-film anthology The Art of Seduction for broadcast on its website, and has announced two new programming initiatives for its GREEN block, due to launch next year, devoted to …

LUCERNE, October 24: The new managers of the Rose d’Or Festival have announced that the event will remain in Lucerne for its upcoming edition, slated for May 5 to 9, 2007. Freddy Burger is the new owner of the market, …

AMSTERDAM/PRAGUE, October 24: T-Mobile Czech Republic is working with Gemalto, digital security specialists, to pilot a mobile TV service. During the two-month trial phase, T-Mobile Czech Republic subscribers will have access to mobile TV and interactive services. Commercial launch is …

SYDNEY, October 24: Network Ten has reached a deal with Endemol Southern Star (ESS) for a seventh season of Big Brother for launch on the Australian broadcaster next year. TEN’s CEO, Grant Blackley, referred to the long-running reality hit as …

NEW YORK, October 24: Nickelodeon's 24-hour animation channel, Nicktoons Network, has added a range of its original content to the iTunes Store, including Skyland, which doesn’t premiere on the network until November. Beginning today, four episodes of Skyland will be …

MUNICH, October 24: Jan Mojto’s classical music station Unitel Classica has inked a carriage deal in Spain, where it will be available on the IPTV platform Imagenio. Spain is the fifth market to come on board for the service, following …

WEST PALM BEACH, October 24: Dean M. Goodman has stepped down as the president and COO of ION Media Networks, which operates the i network (formerly PAX TV), as well as from the board of directors, “to pursue other interests,” …

NEW YORK, October 24: Rick Rodriguez, whose ten years at Discovery Communications included stints at Discovery Kids and the Travel Channel, has been tapped as the president and general manager of qubo, the Spanish- and English-language kids’ service that airs …

JAKARTA, October 24: Globo TV International’s hit novela Terra Nostra is set to launch on Dori Media’s Televiva Vision 2 channel in Indonesia. The show fills the Monday to Saturday 7 p.m. slot, replacing another Globo title, Family Ties. The …

TORONTO, October 24: CBC International Sales inked a variety of deals at MIPCOM, including several in Europe and Asia on the one-hour special High Heel Confidential. The special, which looks at the world of high heels, has sold to Discovery …