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LONDON: Virgin Media is working with Setanta Sports to bring its 3.5 million customers access to a range of on-demand sports content, including Premier League and FA Cup matches.  Setanta Replay on the British cable platform will offer a range …

HARRINGTON PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. has secured the exclusive international distribution rights for the fifth season of Ghost Hunters and the second season of Ghost Hunters International, and will be bringing all seasons of both series to NATPE. Recent …

LOS ANGELES: One couple is being given the opportunity to have their wedding streamed live on MySpace.com, with details of the ceremony to be planned by the users of the social networking site, as part of a new online reality series …

LOS ANGELES: TV Land was awarded the exclusive broadcast rights for the American Film Institute’s (AFI) Life Achievement Award, which this year will honor Michael Douglas.  The four-year agreement starts with the 37th AFI Life Achievement Award, which will air …

  TORONTO, January 19: Canada’s Family Channel has enhanced its online portfolio with an extended deal with Disney and a new video player. The expanded agreement with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television allows visitors to the channel’s Family.ca website to view a range …

LONDON/WARSAW: Izabella Wiley has been promoted to senior VP and general manager of MTV Networks Poland, part of MTV Networks International’s (MTVNI) emerging markets group. Wiley will assume management of MTVNI’s licensee businesses in the Ukraine and Baltic region across …

VINCENNES: After a four-year distribution partnership with London-based Anne Magnol, Alphanim is moving its international sales activities back in house in Paris. For the past few years, Magnol’s U.K.-based distribution operation has been handling international sales on the Alphanim catalogue. …

LOS ANGELES, January 19: Superstars of Dance, the new reality competition series from Simmon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, the team that brought you American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, will be represented worldwide by ShineReveille International.  The …

CANNES: Eagle Rock Entertainment, a producer and distributor of music programming, has picked up a 20-percent interest in the cross-platform music channel i-concerts. The stake acquisition, from i-concerts owner Transmedia Communications, builds upon an existing agreement between Eagle Rock and …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has inked a deal for Disney Channels in 12 markets across Southeast Asia to air Twisted Whiskers, the new animated series co-produced with Taffy Entertainment and American Greetings Properties. The Indian animation house DQE sealed the Asian deal …