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MIAMI, December 14: Carlos R. Bardasano has been appointed EVP of network entertainment at Telemundo, effectively immediately, reporting to the Hispanic broadcaster’s president, Don Browne. Bardasano will oversee programming, on-air promotions, specials and the network's educational program, Taller Telemundo. He …

HONG KONG, December 14: Disney Channel has launched in Papua New Guinea on the basic tier of HiTRON, a television and data services provider. HiTRON Limited is now also the distributor of the channel to other cable TV platforms in …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, December 14: GSN in the U.S. has commissioned a pilot of War of the Words, a Mast Media quiz show that is represented by Granada International as part of a recently inked first-look agreement between the two British …

KUALA LUMPUR, December 14: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and the National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (FINAS) today announced the commissioning of two one-hour high-definition documentaries, the result of a fund established by the two companies to foster Malaysian …

SEATTLE, December 14: Reel Time Rentals, which operates the ReelTimeTV.Net broadband content platform, has reached a deal that gives it access to more than 1,000 independent films from the Indie Vision library. Indie Vision will deliver 100 titles immediately, spanning …

LOS ANGELES, December 14: ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and Showtime’s Weeds have each scored four Golden Globe nominations, including best drama and best comedy, respectively, while the most nominated feature film was Babel, with seven nods, including best motion picture, drama. …

MUNICH, December 14: According to wire reports, the Bavarian government has announced that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Permira have won the battle to acquire a 50.5-percent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media from Haim Saban’s German Media Partners. None of …

BANGKOK/SINGAPORE, December 14: Thai commercial broadcaster ITV is facing bankruptcy after losing a battle with the government that will see it having to cough up 97 billion baht ($2.8 billion) in retroactive fees and fines within 45 days. The ten-year-old …

BRUSSELS, December 13: The European Parliament has backed a proposed update to the Television without Frontiers directive, which includes lifting the ban on product placement. The Parliament said today that product placement should soon be legal across the EU, subject …

HONG KONG, December 13: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia has put mobile technology and working with regulatory authorities in markets like Indonesia and Vietnam on the top of its agenda for 2007. Mobile technology will be a …