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MUNICH, April 4: Sylvia Schmoeller has joined Super RTL as its new senior manager for acquisitions and co-productions. She will be responsible for the acquisition of content for all of Super RTL's platforms and the expansion of the channel's presence …

MIAMI, April 4: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Arlyne Obregon to VP of advertising sales in Latin America, reporting to Klaudia Bermudez-Key, SPTI's senior VP and general manager of advertising sales in Latin America. In her new position, …

REGINA, April 4: Minds Eye International has appointed Patricia Brandino as its managing director. Brandino will be joining Kevin DeWalt, the president of Minds Eye International, at MIPTV this month, where they will debut the two-part, four-hour mini-series The Englishman’s …

NEW YORK, April 4: News Corporation’s shareholders have approved the company’s $11-billion asset-swap agreement with Liberty Media. The deal, announced in December, sees Liberty Media exchanging its 16.3-percent interest in News Corporation for 38.5 percent of the DIRECTV Group, regional …

LONDON, April 3: ITV’s executive chairman, Michael Grade, will deliver the keynote speech at RightsLab, the conference on cross-platform rights exploitation being held by the British independent producers body Pact on June 14 at the Chancery Court Hotel in London. …

LONDON/TORONTO/BURBANK, April 3: Sparrowhawk Media, DIC Entertainment and Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises are working together to launch KidsCo, a multiplatform global television channel for children and families. KidsCo begins its global rollout this year using Sparrowhawk's broadcast distribution facility in …

BURBANK, April 3: The new 6×1-hour hidden-camera comedy series The Real Wedding Crashers, inspired by the hit New Line feature film Wedding Crashers, is set to premiere on NBC on Monday, April 23, at 10 p.m., following the return of …

NEW YORK, April 3: Garth Ancier, the recently installed president of BBC Worldwide America, has revealed a new schedule for the BBC America channel, featuring “demographically targeted programming blocks.” “We are undergoing a complete transformation,” Ancier said, “redefining the network …

ISTANBUL/LONDON/BURBANK, April 3: In a multi-year affiliate agreement, the Disney Channel will launch exclusively on the DIGITURK digital platform in Turkey on April 29. The agreement with DIGITURK follows the launches of the Disney Channel in Poland and South Africa, …

LOS ANGELES, April 3: The Hispanic-targeted music/entertainment digital multicast network LATV has added five further stations to its affiliate list ahead of its April 23 launch. The new LATV affiliates that will be broadcasting the network via digital multicast are: …