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LONDON, October 5: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced several promotions in its European distribution team, including that of Stuart Baxter, who has been upped to executive VP of European distribution. Baxter, based in London and reporting to John …

LOS ANGELES, October 5: Brad Greenspan, the founder of Myspace.com, today issued an online report at Freemyspace.com that alleges that the sale of the popular networking site to News Corporation earlier this year “intentionally defrauded shareholders out of tens of …

LONDON, October 5: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired A+, a dedicated anime channel that airs on Minimax in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The channel will be part of SPTI’s international networks group, which includes over …

LONDON, October 5: The British media regulator Ofcom has named Ed Richards as CEO, effective immediately, succeeding Stephen Carter, who announced his intention to step down in May. Richards joined the Ofcom Board in March 2003. In July 2005 he …

COPENHAGEN, October 5: Zodiak Television announced today that it is in negotiations to acquire the British outfit Diverse Production from the FBC Group. Diverse, whose credits include Animal Rescue and Are We Being Served, was acquired by the FBC Group …

LONDON/OTTAWA, October 4: Total Eclipse Television, PKJ Music and Amberwood Entertainment have announced the sale of the television rights to the holiday special The Snow Queen to PBS. DVDs, CDs and books based on the film will all be available …

HILVERSUM, October 4: Endemol International has inked new deals in Hungary, Greece and Israel on its game show format Take It or Leave It, which has already run for two seasons in Italy and is in production for a second …

SYDNEY, October 4: E! Networks’ Style channel has picked up the rights to Beyond Distribution’s new series Maxed Out, which aims to help women with poor spending habits. Sherry Fynbo, Beyond’s VP of sales for the Americas, said of the …

MIAMI, October 4: Panama’s Telemetro Channel 13 will produce a local version of Televisa Estudios’ variety format Dancing for a Dream (Bailando por un Sueno) as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. In the show, eight contestants will team up …

TORONTO, October 4: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired the U.S. and international distribution rights to four new films, bringing to 20 the total number of new features and television movies that the company has acquired in the last 12 …