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STOCKHOLM, December 12: Modern Times Group is launching the premium service Viasat Sport Baltic in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, delivering coverage of local and international sporting events. Viasat Golf, the dedicated golf channel airing in the Nordic countries, will also …

MUMBAI, December 12: UTV Motion Pictures' new Hindi-language film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! will receive its television premiere, as a pay-per-view offering, on the Indian DTH platforms Dishtv and Tata Sky just three weeks following its theatrical release on December …

NEW YORK, December 12: The original docu-series Addicted to Beauty is set to debut on Oxygen in 2009, while several other new shows are in development for consideration on the female-skewing network's grid. The 8×1-hour series peeks into a beauty-enhancement …

LONDON, December 12: Virgin Media Television-owned entertainment channel LIVING has commissioned Initial, an Endemol company, to produce a new series that looks at celebrities confronting their dangerous and potentially life-threatening habits. Rehab will follow the journeys of seven fallen stars …

NEW YORK, December 12: On December 14, Nickelodeon is launching a multiplayer kids' online game, The Big Green Help Global Challenge, which focuses on activating kids to take action for environmental change. To play, kids can choose from four Nicktoon …

LOS ANGELES, December 11: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has plans to send out its strike authorization ballots to more than 100,000 union members on January 2, which means a possible strike would not affect the Golden Globes. A potential …

HOLLYWOOD, December 11: HBO once again led the pack of nominees for the annual Golden Globes with 22 nods, including In Treatment and True Blood facing off in the drama category, while on the theatrical side, The Curious Case of …

LONDON, December 11: The BBC has proposed a range of partnerships with other public service broadcasters that could deliver more than £120 million per year by 2014, including sharing the iPlayer. The partnership plans, made as part of the BBC’s …

HONG KONG, December 11: Cheah Chee Kong, better known as CheeK, has been appointed executive VP of Chinese-language programming for STAR, based in Hong Kong and reporting to Laureen Ong, STAR's COO. Effective January 5, CheeK will be responsible for …

SINGAPORE, December 11: A co-production deal for the preschool series Charlie Gribble and the Magic Maps was signed at the ATF in Singapore, bringing together Korea's Pixtrend and Neon Pumpkin, Australia's Crewjo and Malaysia's Backbone. The 2-D comedy fantasy adventure, …