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SINGAPORE, June 28: VOOM HD Networks, Singapore’s Mega Media and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have collaborated for the new HD culinary series Appetizing Adventures with Luke Mangan, set to premiere on VOOM’s Ultra HD channel later this …

TORONTO/LONDON, June 28: DECODE Entertainment has racked up new international broadcast sales for the third season of 13 episodes of its live-action series Naturally Sadie. Nickelodeon U.K., ABC Australia, RTE in Ireland, United Arab Emirates’ E-Vision and ATV Hong Kong …

TORONTO, June 28: Disney Channel Japan has acquired 78 episodes each of two Canadian live-action preschool series: This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung, both co-productions between marblemedia and Sinking Ship Entertainment. This licensing agreement is the seventh …

HONG KONG, June 28: Celestial Pictures has launched Kung Fu TV, a mobile TV channel featuring original kung fu content from its library of Shaw Brothers films, in Thailand on the mobile network provider Advanced Info Service (AIS). Updated weekly, …

MUNICH, June 27: ProSiebenSat.1 Media is acquiring SBS Broadcasting in a 3.3 billion euros deal that will create a pan-European broadcasting entity to rival the RTL Group. Both companies are majority owned by the private equity firms KKR and Permira. …

NEW YORK, June 27: IMG has appointed Olivier Gers, previously with FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, to the newly created positions of senior VP, global head of new media and co-head of the new business unit IMG Entertainment. Based at the company’s …

NEW YORK, June 27: Almost three years since being convicted on fraud charges, Adelphia founder John Rigas and his son, Timothy Rigas, have been ordered to begin serving prison time on August 13, after an appeals court upheld their sentences. …

BURBANK, June 27: Andy Mellett has been promoted to senior VP of video on demand at Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. In his new role, Mellett, who was previously the VP of VOD sales at Warner Bros., will have increased responsibility …

LONDON, June 27: The BBC has announced that its British on-demand service, iPlayer, will launch on July 27, offering shows from across the broadcaster’s portfolio of channels for download onto a PC, advertising free, up to a week after the …

NEW YORK, June 27: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has named Pam Kaufman as chief marketing officer (CMO), reporting to Cyma Zarghami, the president of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. As CMO, Kaufman will oversee all marketing efforts for the …