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TORONTO, March 9: Cuppa Coffee’s new 26×11-minute preschool series Bruno and the Banana Bunch will launch on Monday, April 2, on CBC in Canada. Bruno and the Banana Bunch follows the company’s successful interstitial series Bruno, which is currently airing …

BURBANK/PARIS, March 9: Caroline Lang has been promoted to the post of VP and managing director for France at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Lang is a 16-year Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner veteran. In her new position, …

LONDON, March 9: Nickelodeon U.K.’s David Lynn has been appointed as the executive VP and managing director of MTV Networks U.K. & Ireland, reporting to Bob Bakish, the president of MTV Networks International (MTVNI). In his new role, Lynn will …

LOS ANGELES, March 9: PorchLight Entertainment has appointed J. D. Beaufils to the post of VP of international sales, where he will oversee key European and Asian markets. In his new role, working with Adam Wright, the senior VP of …

LUXEMBOURG, March 9: Net revenues at SBS Broadcasting for 2006 were up by 14 percent to 1 billion euros, the company announced today, delivering an EBITDA of 207 million euros, a 43 percent gain on 2005. Commercial TV accounted for …

HILVERSUM/MADRID, March 9: After months of speculation, Telefónica has finally confirmed its intention to sell part or all of its 75 percent majority stake in Endemol. The Spanish telecommunications giant said today that it is “exploring strategic alternatives” in relation …

NEW YORK, March 9: DIRECTV has reached a deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) that includes the launch of the MLB Channel, which the platform will own a minority stake in, as part of its basic package. DIRECTV will work …

SEATTLE, March 9: Canada’s CHUM Television has agreed to make some of its content available for streaming on U.S.-based broadband network ReelTime.com, including up to 350 hours of original programming from CHUM’s SexTV: The Channel. This is the first such …

SALERNO, March 9: Cartoons on the Bay has announced that 162 programs from 30 countries have been chosen as official selections for this year’s festival, taking place April 19 to 22 in Salerno, Italy. The shows come from the U.S., …

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 9: The William Morris Agency has entered into an alliance with the Internet TV specialist Narrowstep to develop online television channels. “The rise of consumer power and choice in video is similar to the one I saw …