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NEW YORK, August 15: Sesame Workshop has promoted Celia Schneiderman to manager of international television distribution, with responsibility for program sales in Asia, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean and in-flight. Schneiderman reports to Renee Mascara, the VP of international television ...

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PHILADELPHIA, August 15: World Wrestling Entertainment’s subscription video-on-demand service, WWE 24/7 On Demand, is now available on Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S. WWE 24/7 On Demand is offered up as part of Comcast’s ON DEMAND lineup, featuring ...

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TORONTO/MUMBAI, August 15: At the XVI International AIDS Conference in Canada, STAR India announced a two-year extension of its relationship with the Heroes Project, a non-governmental public service campaign in India that promotes HIV/AIDS awareness. The extension of the campaign ...

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AMSTERDAM, August 15: chellomedia and Tel Sell have announced that their joint venture Dutch shopping channel will begin operating under the name LiveShop in October, with a preview currently available on its website. LiveShop will be available in more than ...

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TEL AVIV, August 15: For the first half of this year, Dori Media Group reported revenues of $9.65 million, a 49-percent gain, with a dramatic increase in net profit from $139,000 to $1.72 million. International sales accounted for 68 percent ...

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UNIVERSAL CITY/MUNICH, August 15: NBC Universal’s German free-to-air channel Das Vierte has launched Scene It?—The Film Quiz, an interactive, SMS-driven movie-trivia quiz show from NBC Universal Television Distribution and Screenlife, the makers of the Scene It? DVD game. The 30-minute ...

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WASHINGTON, August 15: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and National Geographic Channel have commissioned Towers Productions—the team behind Inside 9/11—to produce Bin Laden’s Spy in America. The two-hour special will premiere in the U.S. on August 28, followed by an ...

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MONACO, August 14: With two months to go, SPORTELMonaco has sold 85 percent of its floor space for this year’s event, set for October 16 to 19 at the Grimaldi Forum. Confirmed exhibitors include Alfred Haber Distribution, BBC Worldwide, the ...

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NEW YORK, August 14: In an exclusive multi-year deal with Touchstone Television, Gameloft has picked up the rights to develop, publish and distribute mobile games based on ABC's Lost and Desperate Housewives. "Both Lost and Desperate Housewives have loyal and ...

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MAINZ, August 14: ZDF Enterprises will represent the NBC News Archive and license its footage in German-speaking territories beginning this month. ZDF Enterprises will offer up material from the NBC News Archive to clients in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking ...

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