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BUDAPEST, June 30: HBO Central Europe has named Ondrej Zach as country manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Zach will have overall responsibility for HBO basic and premium channels in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and will have oversight …

TORONTO, June 30: The Protest Revolution, a four-part documentary series produced for BBC4 and Canada's VisionTV has wrapped up principle photography. Filmed in high definition by IWC Media and Cream Productions on location in the U.K., Europe and North America, …

LOS ANGELES, June 30: Univision shareholders have filed two suits against the company and its board over their handling of the sale of the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S. to a consortium of private investors earlier this week. According …

LOS ANGELES, June 29: The Walt Disney Company’s board of directors has elected John Pepper, Jr. to be its non-executive chairman, effective January 1, 2007. Pepper, 67, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, will succeed Sen. George J. Mitchell …

NEW YORK, June 29: AOL and Fusion Entertainment have announced a joint-venture web network called Lat34.com dedicated to action sports. It will be the first interactive network featuring action sports such as skate, BMX, FMX, surfing, snowboarding and more. Lat34.com—named …

MIAMI, June 29: Univision’s news magazine Primer Impacto received the Edward R. Murrow award for Best Network News Series from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). The program was honored for its three-part series entitled Angeles en el infierno (Angels …

LONDON, June 29: BBC Worldwide licensed more than 500 hours of programming to broadcasters across Eastern Europe at this year’s DISCOP. Several shows were licensed to TVR in Romania, as part of a two-year output deal, including the natural history …

LONDON, June 29: 3DD has secured a number of package deals with Central Eastern European buyers after the close of DISCOP. In Bulgaria, the music channel MM TV purchased 20 episodes of London Live (aka The Album Chart Show), originally …

LOS ANGELES, June 29, Lifetime Television will air MarVista’s original legal thriller, Past Sins, on July 2. Past Sins stars Lauralee Bell, from the top-rated daytime serial The Young and Restless, as Donna Erickson, a limelight-seeking attorney whose client may …

TORONTO, June 29: Canadian music station, MuchMusic, introduced MuchAXS an on-demand broadband video content provider. MuchAXS is an online community where fans discover, program and recommend music. Strong emphasis will be placed on showcasing Canadian music video chart-toppers alongside other …