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NEW YORK, March 20: Mari Katsunuma, formerly with AOL, has been appointed as the VP of digital at Bravo in the U.S., where she will manage the strategic development, content and operations of Bravo's web and broadband initiatives. In her …

LONDON, March 20: British media regulator Ofcom is set to begin an investigation into the U.K.’s pay-TV market, following consumer group complaints about the loss of Sky’s flagship channels on Virgin Media Television. Ofcom’s investigation will cover subscription and video-on-demand …

PARIS, March 20: The finalists have been announced for MIPTV featuring MILIA’s second annual Content 360 digital media initiative, organized in partnership with the BBC, the Korean Broadcasting Commission (KBC), the National Film Board of Canada, OgilvyOne Worldwide and Yahoo! …

NEW YORK, March 20: CBS Corporation has acquired MaxPreps, a leading nationwide high school sports network online, and will merge it with its CSTV (College Sports Television) division. Brian Bedol, the president and CEO of CSTV Networks, noted: "MaxPreps is …

HILVERSUM, March 20: Endemol Italy has licensed the popular game show format 1 vs. 100 to Mediaset-owned broadcaster Canale 5 for premiere on May 7 in prime-time. The format has now been licensed to broadcasters in over 20 countries worldwide, …

LONDON, March 20: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has licensed its 12×1-hour music entertainment series Live From Abbey Road, to 18 broadcasters around the world. Produced by Channel 4 in the U.K., the music series has been picked up by ABC (terrestrial) …

CHARLOTTE/NASHVILLE, March 20: Educational Adventures, the North-Carolina-based producer of the award-winning animated children’s safety-themed television series Danger Rangers, has licensed four of its Danger Rangers DVD titles to the Tennessee-based Christian publisher Thomas Nelson Family Entertainment, for distribution in the …

LONDON, March 20: Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 in the U.K. to produce The Beckoning Silence, a 90-minute drama-documentary special based on mountain climber Joe Simpson’s best-selling book of the same name. The Beckoning Silence is …

SILVER SPRING, March 19: TLC has tapped What Not to Wear co-star Stacy London for its first talk show, Shut Up! It's Stacy London, with an hour-long preview of the series scheduled to air April 6 at 10 p.m. The …

SYDNEY, March 19: Canada’s TVOntario has acquired the second season of the award-winning “animal soap opera” Meerkat Manor as well as the one-hour wildlife special Leopard Man of Ngala from Southern Star International. Produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal …