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NEW YORK: Verizon and MTV Networks have entered into a partnership that brings customers of the FiOS TV service unlimited online access to popular programming from MTV, with plans to extend the offering to Comedy Central and Nickelodeon content soon. Hits …

LONDON: Shine TV has been commissioned by BBC One to produce the one-off Bang Goes the Winter Weather (working title), a complement to BBC One’s Bang Goes the Theory series. Bang Goes the Winter Weather, which will be anchored by …

WARSAW: The soon-to-launch channel Kino Polska Muzyka, the latest addition to the Kino Polska portfolio, will focus on music, as well as cinema and pop culture in Poland. The new service will combine the film offerings from Telewizja Kino Polska …

STEENWIJK: BravaHDTV has expanded its carriage in France, securing a place in Bouygues Telecom’s HD TV packages. Bouygues Telecom initially offered BravaHDTV, the first European opera and culture HD channel, in November 2010 as part of the telecom’s high-speed fiber …

With investments in TV production companies and partnerships with leading format creators, in a little more than a year, Red Arrow Entertainment Group has already offered a number of hit shows to the international market. As part of the ProSiebenSat.1 …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has picked the 8×1-hour series Rodeo: Life on the Circuit for exclusive worldwide distribution. The series, produced by Birds of a Feather Media in Canada for History Television, features a cast of professional cowboys and cowgirls on …

LONDON: BabyTV has struck a licensing agreement with Portuguese publisher Porto Editora, as well as a deal with Smart Kids Canada to launch BabyTV books in North America. In Portugal, Porto Editora will license a range of book formats, including …

TORONTO: Veena Sud, former executive producer on CBS’s Cold Case, is set to present a special master class at this year’s Banff World Media Festival, where she will discuss her new crime drama, The Killing, which debuts this April on …

BOCA RATON: Penthouse 3D is scheduled to launch on March 1 in Europe, with a lineup of 100-percent full 3D programming, airing daily from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. The new service from Penthouse follows on the launch of the …

LONDON/OSLO: Nordic World has lined up format representation agreements with four Finnish independent producers: Yellow Film & TV, Story of…, Intervisio and Aito Media. In its deal with Yellow Film & TV, Nordic World, which is an alliance of the …