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Winners Announced for Interactive TV Emmys

July 27, 2006

LOS ANGELES, July 27: The TiVo service and ABC’s online streaming video player will take home Emmys for Outstanding Achievement for Interactive Television at the Creative Arts Awards on August 19. The winners were announced today by the Academy of …

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2929’s Wagner Joins MIPCOM Lineup

July 27, 2006

PARIS, July 27: Todd Wagner, the founder and CEO of 2929 Entertainment—whose holdings include the HDNet channels in the U.S.—will deliver the Digital Media Distribution keynote at MIPCOM. Wagner’s presentation, Rethinking Hollywood, will take place on October 10. Wagner will …

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Sony Returns to Profit

July 27, 2006

TOKYO, July 27: Sony Corporation has emerged from Q1 2005’s loss of 7.3 billion yen ($63.2 million) to post a profit of 32.3 billion yen ($281 million) in the second quarter of this year, on revenues of 1,744.2 billion yen …

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Baby TV Expands Dutch Carriage

July 26, 2006

LONDON, July 26: Baby TV has inked a carriage deal with Dutch MSO Casema, which has about 1.4 million basic subscribers in the Netherlands. With carriage already on UPC’s systems in the Netherlands, as well as on Multikabel, Delta, CAIW …

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Horst Müller Exits ZDF Enterprises

July 26, 2006

MAINZ/NEW YORK, July 26: After a 16-year stint, Horst Müller is exiting his post as the head of ZDF Enterprises’ New York office. As of next month, the operation will be run by Susanne Müller. Her primary mission will be …

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MarVista Series Greenlit for Second Season on The N

July 26, 2006

NEW YORK, July 26: The N has given a second season order to MarVista Entertainment’s teen-targeted surf series Beyond the Break, with rollout slated for early 2007. The N, Viacom’s nighttime network for teens, has ordered an additional 10 half-hour …

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Discovery Sets Launch Date for Atlas Series

July 26, 2006

SILVER SPRING, July 26: On October 1, Discovery Communications will launch its worldwide initiative Discovery Atlas, a five-year project focusing on the culture, geography and natural phenomena of a range of countries, kicking off with China. October 1 sees the …

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ITV to Air Version of Cowell’s NBC Talent Show

July 26, 2006

LONDON, July 26: ITV is set to air its own version of America’s Got Talent, the Simon Cowell format that has been a hit for NBC this summer. The British series, from Simon Cowell’s production company SYCO TV, will see …

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MTV Asia Postpones Movie Awards

July 26, 2006

SINGAPORE, July 26: MTV Networks Asia Pacific has postponed its first ever MTV Asia Movie Awards, originally slated to take place October 6 in Singapore, due to “scheduling issues,” the company said today. The announcement comes just over a month …

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PBS Unveils Online Download Initiatives

July 26, 2006

NEW YORK, July 26: PBS announced two online content deals today, bringing several of its shows to Google Video and the Open Media Network on a download-to-own basis. Content available for download on both sites will include episodes of the …