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SINGAPORE, July 21: ESPN STAR Sports has promoted Gloria Dunn to the position of executive VP and chief financial officer, effective immediately. Dunn, who oversees the network’s financial accounting and planning, advertising sales administration and MIS organizations, will continue to …

LONDON, July 20: Granada International has licensed a number of its British mini-series to broadcasters in France, including TF1, which opted for Walk Away and I Stumble. M6 picked up If I Had You and Kindness of Strangers, while Canal …

GLASGOW, July 20: Claire Mundell and Justin Molotnikov, the executive producers of the BBC CGI/live-action hybrid Shoebox Zoo, have established Synchronicity Films in Scotland with a view to developing drama series and feature films. Mundell has over 15 years of …

LOS ANGELES, July 20: Blueprint Entertainment has tapped Ira Pincus to executive produce a slate of movies and series for the company, and has named a development and production consultant and a director of development. Pincus has produced numerous TV …

LOS ANGELES, July 20: Grupo Televisa has filed a lawsuit against Univision Communications over the rights to distribute its programming online in the U.S. According to published reports, Televisa is seeking a ruling from a Los Angeles Superior Court judge …

BRUSSELS, July 20: The European Commission has announced investigations into the digital terrestrial rollouts in Italy and the German states of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as an inquiry into the financing of Belgian pubcaster VRT. Regulators have given …

LONDON, July 20: BBC Two’s fall season unveiled today includes Tsunami—The Aftermath, a fictional drama set in Thailand that is based on first-hand research and interviews. "The 2004 Asian tsunami shocked and devastated the world, touching the lives of people …

BURBANK, July 20: Smoke House, the new television and film production venture set up by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, has inked a long-term production and development agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television. Clooney and Heslov collaborated …

HONG KONG, July 20: CASBAA has joined forces with FIFA and Hong Kong Cable Television to initiate legal proceedings against a number of public venues for allegedly airing unlicensed pay-TV broadcasts of the World Cup. CASBAA, representing the interests of …

NEW YORK, July 20: Early next year, Sundance Channel will launch a weekly three-hour prime-time programming block serving up content on environmental issues. “Once in awhile forces converge and affect social change,” said Robert Redford, the channel’s founder. “For some, …