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MUMBAI, September 5: Nimbus Sports Broadcast has appointed STAR India to exclusively distribute its upcoming bouquet of NEO sports channels. The first of the channels, the cricket-focused NEO Sports, is set to be launched in the last quarter this year. …

SYDNEY, September 5: Network Ten has said it will offer free, advertising-supported downloads from its popular improv comedy show Thank God You're Here. Viewers will be able to access each week's best Thank God You're Here scenario from midnight on …

BARCELONA, September 1: Icon Animation has notched up deals on four of its third-party properties with Spanish broadcaster RTVE, which also extended its rights to Icon’s own Lola & Virginia. The deal also covers Corneil & Bernie; Vampires, Pirates and …

UNTERFOEHRING, September 1: Patrick Elmendorff is stepping down as managing director of EM.Entertainment and Junior.TV at the end of this year, with his responsibilities to be assumed by fellow MD Susanne Schosser. Elmendorff exits on December 31 after seven years …

MONTREAL/LONDON, September 1: Distraction has moved to a new office in London and has announced two new staff appointments in its European operations. Michel Rodrigue, Distraction’s president and CEO, said of the new location: “At last we have an office …

TORONTO, September 1: Bell Globemedia (BGM) has succeeded in taking control of about 99 percent of CHUM’s common voting stock and about 93 percent of non-voting shares, after announcing its $1.5 billion takeover offer for the company in early July. …

BERLIN, September 1: Warner Home Video will release more than 15 HD DVD titles in European markets, including France, Germany, Spain and the U.K., late this year. Warner Bros. titles will be released in conjunction with the expected European availability …

LOS ANGELES, September 1: As part of its efforts in rolling out the hit FOX series Prison Break around the world, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution will be bringing the show’s creator, Paul Scheuring, and three of its stars to …

PARIS, September 1: TV France International’s annual event in Saint-Tropez, Rendez-Vous, is expecting some 206 executives at this year’s event, which runs from September 4 to 8. The 206 executives—marking a record attendance for the screenings, now in their 12th …

LONDON, September 1: A controversial new documentary-style film that sees President Bush being assassinated is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next week before airing on Channel 4 in the U.K. next month. The British broadcaster will …