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LOS ANGELES, September 6: American Idol has another vacant seat in its judging panel, with Kara DioGuardi, who joined in the series' eighth season, stepping down.
LONDON, September 6: The stars of the hit show Hot Cleveland—Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick—will be attending MIPCOM as guests of Endemol Worldwide Distribution.
BURBANK, September 6: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam garnered 8 million total viewers with its Friday night debut, making it the year’s number one cable movie and TV’s number one movie among kids 6 to 11 and tweens 9 to 14.
LOS ANGELES, September 6: MarVista Entertainment has taken on the global distribution rights for the all-new prime-time mini-series event The Witches of Oz.
NEW YORK, September 6: I Just Want My Pants Back is a new half-hour comedy pilot for MTV produced by Universal Cable Productions, marking its first project outside the NBCU family.
SYDNEY/MUNICH, September 6: Granada Australia is to represent all format rights and co-productions of SevenOne International in Australia and New Zealand.
LOS ANGELES, September 6: MGM Worldwide Television’s new TV version of the hit ‘80s movie Teen Wolf will make its debut with 12 one-hour episodes at MIPCOM.
TORONTO, September 6: At this year's MIP Junior, 9 Story Entertainment is to screen the first five completed episodes of the new kids' factual series Making Stuff, which is slated to air on TVOntario, TFO and Knowledge Network this fall.
WEST PALM BEACH, September 6: AT&T U-verse has struck up two new carriage deals that add to its number of Spanish-language offerings for the U.S. market, one with Olympusat and another with Alterna'TV.
LONDON, September 6: Universal Networks International (UNI) has appointed Simon Presswell to the role of senior VP of marketing and digital initiatives, a newly created post that is aimed to support the continued expansion of the company's international pay-TV channels.
LONDON, September 6: Jonathan Levi, previously the executive producer of the South Bank Show, is to take on the role of head of arts and popular culture at ITV Studios.
While Avatar has taken the film industry by storm, television executives
debate the costs and feasibility of 3-D on the small screen.
BURBANK, September 3: Time Warner Cable and Disney/ABC Television Group have reached an agreement that will keep such channels as ABC, ESPN and Disney on the cable platform, along with supplying a range of new content to subscribers.
LONDON, September 3: Consumers in the U.K. who already own a high-definition television set are twice as likely to purchase a 3D TV within the next year, according to a survey from analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
BURBANK, September 3: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution has been picked up for a second season on ABC.
KUALA LUMPUR, September 3: Fox International Channels (FIC) has firmed up a carriage deal with Astro to bring Nat Geo Wild to Malaysia.
HONG KONG, September 3: The series Black Gold is to make its debut on truTV in Asia on September 4.
PARIS, September 3: PBS Entertainment has already notched up presales on Studio Hari's The Gees, which will receive the official launch for its first episodes at MIPCOM.
SANTA MONICA, September 3: GSN (Game Show Network) is now represented by International Broadcast Communications (IBC), and will head to MIPCOM with a slate of game shows and formats to offer the international market.
MEXICO CITY, September 3: TV Azteca's hit reality show The Academy is headed back to Azteca International on September 12, but this season will celebrate the bicentenary by featuring participants from Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.
MIAMI, September 3: The Television Nacional de Chile series Where Is Elisa?, part of the Telemundo Internacional catalogue, takes on a 5 p.m. time slot in Canada on Telelatino as of September 4.
TORONTO, September 3: Nelvana Enterprises has hired Nina Koch as its sales representative for Eastern Europe and Germany.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 2: The new Apple TV device unveiled yesterday allows users to watch movies and TV shows purchased and rented from the iTunes Store, as well as content streamed from Netflix and YouTube, directly on the television set.
MUNICH, September 2: ProSiebenSat.1's production and distribution arm, Red Arrow Entertainment Group, has acquired a 51-percent interest in Kinetic Content, the venture established by former RDF USA CEO Chris Coelen.
SILVER SPRING, September 2: A gunman who took three hostages at Discovery Communications' headquarters yesterday afternoon was shot dead by police after a four-hour standoff.
NEW YORK, September 2: U.S. Hispanic network Vme has launched a 24-hour Spanish-language network for preschoolers, following the success of its kids' block.
LONDON, September 2: Universal Networks International (UNI) has unveiled its next original project, the one-off drama Panic at Rock Island, which it is co-financing with Nine Network Australia.
NEW YORK, September 2: Nickelodeon has picked up the TV rights for Rainbow's Winx Club for the U.S., along with the pay-TV rights for Latin America, Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Benelux.
SINGAPORE, September 2: A slate of series from NBC Universal are headed to the Universal Networks group in Asia, including Covert Affairs and the upcoming conspiracy thriller The Event.
LONDON, September 2: Pulse Films, producer of the hit show Pineapple Dance Studios, has tapped ITV Studios Global Entertainment to handle the international distribution for Showbusiness, a new scripted reality dance series.
