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LONDON, July 6: 3DD Productions has received a commission from Channel 4 and E4 for a second season of The Album Chart Show for a fall 2006 launch. 3DD will produce another 20-week run of the show, with each 30-minute …

SYDNEY, July 6: Australia’s Network Ten has appointed Damian Smith, currently the CEO of the Australian software company Nuix, to the newly-created role of general manager of digital media. “Damian has rich and varied experience in digital media, technology, senior …

LONDON, July 6: Distraction has promoted Nina Richardson to acquisitions manager from her previous role as acquisitions and sales coordinator. Richardson joined Distraction from the post-production outfit VTR Group in 2004. In addition to working with the sales team to …

LOS ANGELES, July 6: HBO yet again led the Primetime Emmy nominations with 95 nods in total for titles such as Elizabeth I and The Sopranos, while FOX’s 24 came up with the most nominations for a TV series. ABC’s …

LONDON, July 6: J.J. Abrams’ new ABC series Six Degrees, distributed by Buena Vista International Television, is to become the first American show to air in a prime-time slot on ITV1 in nine years. The show, which will also broadcast …

MEXICO CITY, July 5: Mexico’s Grupo Televisa is prepared to offload its 11.4-percent stake in Hispanic broadcaster Univision Communications as it looks to explore other opportunities in the U.S. market. The Mexican media giant last week failed in its bid …

LOS ANGELES, July 5: Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has asked The Walt Disney Company not to pay him the $65,000 annual salary he is entitled to as a member of the company’s board of directors. As a result, Disney has …

SYDNEY, July 5: Australian Prime Minister John Howard is calling on Network Ten to cancel its edition of Big Brother, after a participant on the show alleged that two male contestants sexually assaulted her. TEN did not broadcast footage of …

STOCKHOLM, July 5: Modern Times Group has acquired the Slovenian free-TV broadcaster PRVA TV for 8.1 million euros. PRVA is the third-largest private commercial free-to-air TV broadcaster in Slovenia. Rebranded in June of last year, the channel reported revenues of …

MONTE CARLO, July 5: At a star-studded event over the weekend during the 46th Monte Carlo Television Festival, attended by Geena Davis, Patricia Arquette, Ellen Pompeo and Dennis Haysbert, among others, the winners were announced for the annual Golden Nymph …