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HONG KONG, January 12: Michelle Guthrie has resigned as CEO of News Corporation’s Asian arm, STAR, with Paul Aiello, currently president of the company, tapped to succeed her, effective March 1. No reason was given for Guthrie’s exit. She has …

AMSTERDAM, January 12: Peter Langenberg, who has spent the last two years as executive producer of entertainment at Endemol, is joining the Dutch interactive media company 3 Circles Media as COO, effective February 1. In his new role, Langenberg’s primary …

SAN FRANCISCO, January 11: VIZ Media has licensed from Nippon Television Network the download-to-own and download-to-rent rights for the U.S. to the Death Note anime series. The deal marks the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be …

LONDON, January 12: BKN International has sealed a broadcast deal with Télé-Québec for several CGI high-definition animated features, and has licensed a number of titles to Toronto-based Morningstar Entertainment for DVD distribution in Canada. BKN’s contract with Morningstar Entertainment grants …

SANTA BARBARA, January 11: Foothill Entertainment has landed the worldwide television and international home entertainment distribution rights to the straight-to-DVD release Hip-Hop Kidz: It’s a Beautiful Thing, the first in a series. Hip-Hop Kidz: It’s a Beautiful Thing is executive …

HOLLYWOOD, January 11: International Broadcast Communications (IBC) has sold the celebrity profile series Famous into Germany, marking the company’s first deal in that market. Famous was licensed to Star! Entertainment Factory, a joint venture with VCL, MME, CHUM and other …

TORONTO, January 11: Canadian broadcaster Rogers OMNI Television will exclusively fund The M Word, a controversial new documentary from Third Element Productions exploring Canada’s Multiculturalism Policy. The M Word examines the place of the Multiculturalism Policy in Canadian society and …

LONDON, January 11: The BBC has released the minutes of the organization’s board meeting in the wake of the Hutton Report revealing why then Director-General Greg Dyke was asked to resign. The BBC has been keeping the documents secret since …

SILVER SPRING, January 11: The Learning Channel’s (TLC) My Life As A Child, launching next month, is being billed as the cable network’s first “user-generated” series, allowing 20 children to document their lives on digital video. The series, featuring kids …

LOS ANGELES, January 11: Gail Berman, the president of Paramount Pictures, has stepped down after just 18 months at the Viacom-owned studio. Berman left FOX, where she was president of entertainment, in March 2005. She was lured to the studio …