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LONDON, December 20: Following the success of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, BBC One has announced plans for a new talent-search reality show, this time looking for the leading cast member in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim …

MIAMI BEACH, December 20: Nickelodeon Latin America is celebrating its ten-year anniversary with a range of special programming that is set to air from December 26 to January 28. In addition, ten Latin American children will have the chance during …

STOCKHOLM, December 20: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting has extended its exclusive live broadcasting rights for a range of golf tournaments, with plans to launch a new pay-TV channel exclusively devoted to the sport. The company has acquired up to …

LOS ANGELES, December 20: The case of novelist Michael Peterson, who in 2003 was convicted of murdering his socialite wife in their North Carolina home, is the basis of a new Lifetime original movie, from Lionsgate, entitled The Staircase Murders. …

NEW YORK, December 20: The Rainbow Media-owned cable network AMC has come on as a partner on the remake of the classic 1960s British series The Prisoner, which Sky One commissioned from Granada earlier this year. The series is the …

NEW YORK, December 20: Former Yahoo! executive Michael Marquez has been named VP of strategy and corporate development for CBS Interactive. CBS Interactive is a recently launched division that oversees the interactive strategies at all of CBS Corporation’s businesses. It …

NEW YORK, December 20: NBC Universal has promoted Jean-Briac (J.B.) Perrette to president of digital distribution, reporting to George Kliavkoff, the company’s chief digital officer. In his new role, Perrette will be responsible for the distribution of television content across …

TORONTO, December 20: Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (AACI) announced today that it is “exploring strategic alternatives,” seeking expressions of interest from possible buyers of the company. Southhill Strategy, owned by Alliance Atlantis’s Executive Chairman Michael MacMillian and Atlantis Films founder …

LONDON, December 20: According to Media Guardian, Greg Dyke will today demand that the BBC publish documents explaining why he was fired as its director-general in January 2004. Dyke’s resignation, which came a day after then chairman Gavyn Davies stepped …

NEW YORK, December 19: NBC Universal is celebrating what it is calling a “groundbreaking” year for its digital initiatives, with 40 interactive TV shows and events in 2006 across 12 business units, generating 130 million web votes and SMS messages. …