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NEW YORK: The New York City-based awards ceremony Cinema Eye Honors has struck a deal with Documentary Channel (DOC) that sees the 4th annual event being televised on DOC in late January 2011. In addition to the television broadcast, Documentary …

PREMIUM: The ABC Family network is doing nine original movies this year, says Tom Zappala, the executive VP of program acquisitions and scheduling for ABC Cable Networks Group. “Movies are still a big part of what we do,” he says. …

LOS ANGELES/ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network and Fox Networks were able to reach a wide-ranging distribution agreement, which returned FX, National Geographic Channel and 19 regional sports networks to the platform. The agreement ensures that DISH Network customers will continue to have …

BETHPAGE/LOS ANGELES: Fox and Cablevision have reached an agreement, ending a two-week blackout and returning programming to more than 3 million New York-area subscribers. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The channels returning to Cablevision are Fox 5 (WNYW), …

LOS ANGELES: Lenders to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have "overwhelmingly approved" a restructuring plan that will convert their debt into equity and see the appointment of Spyglass Entertainment execs Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber to run the studio following bankruptcy. The plan provides …

SYDNEY: Nat Geo Wild HD, National Geographic Channel +2 and Nat Geo Adventure +2 have launched in Australia. Nat Geo Wild HD offers a view of the natural world, with programming showcased in high image quality. National Geographic Channel +2 …

LOS ANGELES: In preparation for its January 1 launch, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has announced the lineup for its premiere weekend schedule, as well as the regular daytime and prime-time grids. On Saturday, January 1, the brand-new channel will …

NEW YORK: Sesame Workshop has promoted three executives within its worldwide distribution group: Scott Chambers, Mike Khouri and Jennifer Perry. Chambers is to become senior VP of worldwide media distribution. He will be responsible for supervising all aspects of the …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate, alleging that the Carl Icahn is playing a "double game" by reversing his position on a merger with MGM, has filed suit against the billionaire financier. The independent studio, in its court filing, notes that in March …

BETHPAGE: With the carriage spat between Cablevision and Fox leaving subscribers unable to watch the World Series, the provider has made an appeal to government entities and non-profit organizations to retransmit coverage of baseball’s biggest event over the Internet for …