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MONTREAL, September 18: Just For Laughs has sold its series Naked & Funny, produced by AFL Productions, to Comedy Central in Germany and Viasat in Hungary, which launched the show in August. The hidden-camera comedy series Naked & Funny already …

SHERMAN OAKS, September 18: PBS Kids will add the Corner Stone Animation series Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures to its schedule starting in the fall of 2007. Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures is an animated educational preschool series whose aim it is to help …

ENGLEWOOD, September 18: EchoStar Communications Corporation has appointed Carl Vogel as president, overseeing day-to-day operations for DISH Network, effective immediately. Vogel will continue to serve as vice chairman of EchoStar's board of directors. Vogel returned to EchoStar in May 2005 …

MILAN/NEW YORK, September 18: Time Warner is selling its AOL Internet access business in Germany to Telecom Italia for 675 million euros. With this acquisition, Telecom Italia strengthens its position as a leading broadband access provider in Europe. The company …

NEW YORK, September 18: Peter Smith has been promoted to the role of president of NBC Universal International, succeeding Frederick Huntsberry, who left the company in July to join Paramount Pictures. The announcement was made today by Bob Wright, the …

UNIVERSAL CITY, September 18: Universal Pictures and Top Up TV have announced PictureBox, a subscription-on-demand service in the U.K. The new PictureBox service premieres this fall and will be available on Top Up TV’s new Anytime service. It will provide …

LONDON, September 18: BBC Worldwide has announced that BBC Entertainment, a new drama and comedy channel, will premiere in Asia this October. BBC Entertainment, part of BBC Worldwide’s new strategy for its global channels, will offer series such as Footballers …

DULLES/SANTA CLARA, September 18: AOL and Intel Corporation are working together to provide the AOL Video service on Intel’s Viiv technology-based PCs, allowing consumers to search for videos, download them and then view them on TV. This joint venture delivers …

NEW YORK, September 18: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has announced ParentsConnect.com, a site developed exclusively for parents and caregivers of kids of all ages. ParentsConnect is a new online community where parents can communicate with each other and seek …

SINGAPORE, September 18: VIJAY, one of India's most popular Tamil-language entertainment channels, will be launching on the Singaporean pay-TV platform StarHub Digital Cable. VIJAY will be accessible round-the-clock on channel 28. Its schedule will consist of a variety of programming …