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ATLANTA: Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have renewed their co-branding partnership for the boys’ action franchise Ben 10: Alien Force and extended the agreement to include a new line from Spalding. The deal extension covers the …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has signed up a number of international broadcasters for the 2009 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which aired on CBS in the U.S. on December 1. The 60-minute event, which features models and musical …

LONDON: The preschool channel JimJam has secured carriage on Telkomvision’s DTH, cable and upcoming IPTV platform in Indonesia, where the service is already available on AORA. A 24-hour version of the channel in English premieres on Telkomvision this month to …

LOS ANGELES: Tennis Channel has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) alleging that Comcast Cable Communications is violating program carriage rules by favoring networks it owns and discriminating against unaffiliated services.  According to the complaint, Comcast isolates Tennis …

DALLAS: The number of households worldwide that will be able to watch broadband content on their TVs is expected to reach more than 360 million by 2014, according to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG). According to TDG’s latest digital …

LONDON: The BBC Trust is to review the accuracy and impartiality of the BBC’s science coverage, accessing news and factual output that refers to scientific findings, public policy and politically controversial matters. This is the latest in a series of reviews …

PARIS: The European Commission will take part in MIPTV’s fifth annual Content 360 competition this year with its own category, while France’s TF1 joins the BBC, National Film Board of Canada and the Korea Communications Commission in creating another new …

LOS ANGELES: NBC’s Heroes was the most illegally downloaded show of 2009, according to the blog TorrentFreak, which reports on Internet file-sharing.  The most-pirated episode of Heroes was downloaded approximately 6.6 million times, which is half a million more than …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications is joining forces with IMAX and Sony for a 3D network that is slated to make its debut in the U.S. at the beginning of 2011. Discovery, Sony Corporation of America and IMAX will be equal …

TORONTO: The U.S. distribution rights for Shadow Island Mysteries, a series of six made-for-TV movie from Breakthrough Films & Television, have been picked up by Fireworks International. The film franchise stars Jennifer Finnigan (The Bold and the Beautiful, Crossing Jordan), …