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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 …

SINGAPORE, June 29: The premiere of the Disney Channel original movie, High School Musical, scored big numbers in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. High School Musical aired last Sunday, June 25 and scored record results in three major Asian territories. …

OVERLAND PARK/NEW YORK, June 29: Sprint and Interscope Records have teamed-up roll out Sprint Music Series for Sprint TV. Featuring artists such as Busta Rhymes, Dashboard Confessional, Keane, Mobb Deep, Olivia, Robin Thicke and Wolfmother, the Sprint Music Series offers …

LOS ANGELES, June 29: PorchLight Entertainment has appointed Karen Roberts to the newly created post of Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Roberts will be based in Los Angeles and report to Bruce Johnson, PorchLight’s CEO and William Baumann, the COO. …