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RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6: The Brazilian distributor Globo TV Sports has licensed the weekly sports magazine show Footbrazil to Sky Sports for broadcast across the U.K. and Ireland. Currently airing in more than 90 countries, Footbrazil is a weekly …

SEOUL, June 6: Eon Kid, a robot martial arts action series originally developed by Korean computer animation studio Designstorm, is scheduled to air on Kids’ WB! in the U.S. this fall. Eon Kid (formerly entitled Iron Kid) is co-produced by …

NEW YORK, June 6: Bravo will expand its originally produced digital offerings this month with the introduction of four new web-exclusive series, including My Life on the Z-List: Jen's Vlog, a companion web series to Kathy Griffin: My Life on …

NEW YORK, June 6: Lifetime Television's original drama series Army Wives was the most-watched series premiere in the network's 23-year history, averaging 3.5 million viewers during its debut on June 3. The series notched a 2.9 household rating, Lifetime’s highest …

NEW YORK, June 6: MTV Japan will launch BET's music countdown show, 106 & PARK this fall as a one-hour branded block. Michael D. Armstrong, who leads BET International—the network’s international division—as the recently appointed senior VP and general manager, …

COLOGNE, June 6: ohm:tv’s Barcelona-based digital media division will launch Loko, a new animation channel on YouTube dedicated to edgy animated series targeted at teens and young adults. Loko will feature cult series and the newest animation brands from independent …

PARIS, June 6: Mediatoon has licensed its 40×30-minute 2-D and CGI animated series Time Jam-Valerian and Laureline, to TV3 Catalunya in Spain. The series will soon air on France 3 and Club RTL Belgium. The futuristic, manga-like series was co-produced …

SAN FRANCISCO/KUALA LUMPUR, June 6: Astro All Asia Networks has launched a new branded television channel with interactive games supplied by OpenTV's PlayJam, in Malaysia and Brunei. The new channel, Astro PlayJam Games, is the only games channel available on …

NEW YORK, June 5: In the first meeting between the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co., owner of The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, one of the main topics was News Corporation's relationship with the Chinese government, …

BURBANK, June 5: In another move to revamp NBC Universal’s TV entertainment operations, Katherine Pope has been appointed president of NBC Universal Television Studio. Pope replaces Angela Bromstad, who, according to The New York Times, is expected to be assigned …