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LONDON: BabyTV has launched a localized Spanish-language channel on Sky México. With this new launch, Fox International’s BabyTV now reaches more than two million subscribers in Mexico alone. The channel is the world’s first 24-hour commercial-free offering for infants, toddlers …

LOS ANGELES: EchoStar Communications has been ordered to pay TiVo $103 million plus interest from a long-running patent dispute for lifting DVR software technology, adding to the original $105 million in penalties. Courts ruled five years ago that EchoStar was …

BALTIMORE: An Associated Press survey found that states competing for projects awarded $1.8 billion in tax breaks, among other advantages, to the entertainment industry from 2006 through 2008. The argument is that either the tax breaks pay for themselves in …

NEW YORK: In the first week of the summer season, CBS was the most popular network, with seven of the most-watched shows in prime time, according to Nielsen Media Research, the majority of which were reruns. For the week ended …

TORONTO: The fall lineup of Canada’s Global Television includes the new musical-comedy Glee, alongside the animated Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show. From creator Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck), Glee is about a vibrant group of geeky misfits and the resurgence of …

SAN BRUNO: YouTube has launched a browser-based version of its online video-sharing service that has been optimized for larger displays, mainly TV sets or big computer monitors. YouTube XL boasts an extra large video player and streamlined navigation controls. Features …

NEW YORK: NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group has signed Big Tent Entertainment as the exclusive licensing agency for Hispanic network Telemundo in the U.S. market. The partnership is designed to support Telemundo’s development into a full-fledged …

SILVER SPRING: ITV Global Entertainment has wrapped up its largest deal to date with Acorn Media U.S., in a move that sees more than 300 hours of its programming released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America over the next …

BURBANK: Disney Channel’s hit series for preschoolers Handy Manny has been given an order for a further 29 episodes for a third season, along with a new short-form series and two prime-time specials. Handy Manny’s School for Tools, consisting of …

MUNICH: Starting in July, Nat Geo Wild will be available on the Sky Welt platform in the German and Austrian TV markets together with National Geographic Channel HD. Further enhancing the Sky HD offering, National Geographic Channel HD showcases high-quality …