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NEW YORK, May 14: Patricia Wyatt has stepped down as the president of HIT Entertainment’s North American operations. Bruce Steinberg, the CEO of HIT Entertainment, will temporarily assume Wyatt’s direct responsibilities. Wyatt will continue to provide consultation to the company …

MIAMI, May 14: Univision and Disney-ABC International Television Latin America have signed an agreement for the production of a U.S. Hispanic version of ABC’s Desperate Housewives. The hit ABC show is distributed to more than 200 countries and has spawned …

LONDON, May 14: The new television production and distribution firm Iostar, which launched at MIPTV, has gone into liquidation, according to British press reports, following the resignation of its CEO, Dawn Airey. According to the Guardian, the company has failed …

LONDON, May 14: Sony Pictures Television International has inked a deal with Unity Media to bring its anime channel Animax to Germany next month. Unity Media, the first distribution partner for Animax in the country, will begin offering Animax in …

STOCKHOLM, May 14: Viasat Broadcasting has reached a multi-year deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the exclusive free-TV rights to a range of current and library feature films and television product for broadcast in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. …

STOCKHOLM, May 14: Modern Times Group’s MTG Homeshopping division has signed an agreement to sell 100 percent of TV Shop Europe to Guthy-Renker Europe for SEK 70.3 million ($10.3 million) in cash. The closing of the transaction is expected to …

LOS ANGELES, May 14: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has appointed Gary Marenzi as co-president of worldwide television, sharing responsibility of the division with Jim Packer. Marenzi will focus his efforts on the international marketplace, while Packer will focus on television distribution, channels …

SYDNEY, May 14: Southern Star International has been appointed as the worldwide distributor of the new one-hour police drama City Homicide, which will air on Seven Network later this year. Southern Star International will launch the new drama at MIPCOM …

LOS ANGELES, May 14: Toei Animation has established a new in-house consumer products licensing division for the U.S. market and has tapped Coy Edmunds to head the unit as the director of business development and licensing. Headquartered in Los Angeles, …

GUTTENBERG, May 14: The Horror Channel, a broadband venue for horror, terror and suspense programming, has reached a deal to provide content to the new broadcast-quality Internet TV platform Joost. The Horror Channel’s initial offerings on Joost will include the …