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TEMECULA: Outdoor Channel is to launch in Asia through an exclusive broadcast agreement with Multi Channels Asia (MCA), while a new deal with Chello Zone takes the channel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Through MCA, Outdoor Channel will initially …

SINGAPORE: George Sakkalli, formerly with Power, has been named sales manager for Asia at Mango Distribution. Sakkalli will be based in Singapore, reporting to company directors Wayne Dearing and Donna Andrews. He will be responsible for finding new properties for …

LONDON: New drama serials, as well as a selection of comedies and factual shows, have been added to Channel 4’s fall schedule. Morgana Robinson headlines the new comedy The Morgana Show, heading to a prime-time slot. Also in the comedy …

LONDON: BT Vision and The Walt Disney Company EMEA have unveiled a new VOD service, ABC TV On Demand, launching September 15, which will provide a range of popular U.S. series to British users. The service will offer shows such …

SYDNEY: Network Ten is to launch a new digital channel in Australia in 2011, Eleven, with a proposed joint-venture deal with CBS Studios International to provide content for the service. Eleven will appeal to a "distinctly youthful" market and will …

FLUSHING: Panasonic has signed up as the official sponsor of the US Open in a three-year agreement with the USTA, and working alongside CBS Sports will spearhead the first-ever 3D broadcasts of the tournament. CBS Sports will produce 3D versions …

PARIS: MIPCOM’s Producers’ Forum, presented in association with World Screen, is to include a master class featuring the co-producers of the TV adaptation of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth: Tandem Communications and Scott Free Television. Tandem’s senior partner …

LONDON: MGM titles are to be made available online and on Internet-enabled devices through the LOVEFiLM Player in the U.K. MGM classics—including West Side Story, The Apartment and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three—will be on offer to LOVEFiLM members …

STUDIO CITY: Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel will be dropped from AT&T U-verse TV’s lineup if a new carriage agreement is not reached by August 31. AT&T U-verse sent postcards on August 1 informing its customers they may lose …

ALVISO: On revenues that fell 10.5 percent to $51.5 million in the second quarter, TiVo’s net loss widened from $2.7 million to $15.3 million. The loss for the period came in under the company’s forecasted loss of between $17 million …