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NEW YORK, March 27: Bravo has announced the pilot pick-up of Paycheck, a British game show format from IDTV. The show features seven players who must guess each other's salaries, based on questions about pop culture, observations about their opponents, …

NEW YORK, March 26: iFILM and spiketv.com, both divisions of MTV Networks, have integrated under the Spike brand in an effort to create a leading web platform and strengthen their reach for males aged 18-34. As part of the integration, …

HONG KONG, March 26: Following the resignation of Steve Askew for “personal reasons,” STAR has appointed Laureen Ong of the National Geographic Channel as its new COO, effective in June. Ong joins STAR from the National Geographic Channel where she …

WASHINGTON, March 26: Following NGC founding president Laureen Ong’s appointment as COO of STAR, David Haslingden has been named CEO of National Geographic Channel U.S. (NGC) and Steve Schiffman has been promoted to acting general manager. Haslingden, currently the CEO …

JAKARTA/NEW YORK, March 26: The Jakarta-based production company, Creative Indigo, recently hosted auditions in Jakarta to select four Muppeteers for Jalan Sesama, the new local Indonesian adaptation of the award-winning children’s program Sesame Street, for premiere later this year. Jalan …

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, March 26: JetBlue Airways Corporation has reached an agreement with Setanta Sports North America to make the sports broadcaster’s programming available on all flights via its live onboard TV service provided by DIRECTV, including premier European and …

BRUSSELS, March 26: Fireworks International, a division of the U.K.'s ContentFilm, has tapped Brussels- and New York- based television distributor CDC United Network to represent its programming line-up and catalogue in Latin America for all rights, with the exception of …

TORONTO, March 26: Over $100,000 in development money and a host of new, internationally-funded pitching programs will be offered in partnership with Canadian, U.K. and U.S. broadcasters at the 28th Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) this year in Banff, Canada, …

LONDON, March 26: Portman Film & Television has acquired the worldwide rights for Sea Patrol, a new 13×1-hour Australian big-budget action drama to be aired in primetime on Nine Network in Australia. Produced by Hal and Di McElroy (Water Rats, …

SANTA BARBARA, March 26: Foothill Entertainment has licensed Batfink and Milton the Monster, two classic TV series produced by Hal Seeger Productions, to retro-pop culture entertainment company Shout! Factory for home video distribution in the U.S. and Canada. The 100 …