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LONDON, August 22: ITV1 has commissioned Initial West, an Endemol company, to produce the Vegas-style quiz show Spin Star, to air in its fall schedule, and has announced the addition of Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon to the cast …

BURBANK, August 22: Magician and endurance artist David Blaine will attempt his latest stunt, hanging upside down as he walks on the underside of a wire, live on a two-hour prime-time special on ABC. Beginning the morning of September 22, …

LONDON, August 22: A raft of new entertainment, factual and history programs, including the three-part 1968 Unseen, join returning series on Five’s fall schedule. In the 1960s, broadcaster Bernard Braden recorded more than 350 interviews with leaders from the worlds …

NEW YORK, August 22: Harbinger Capital Management has increased its stake in Cablevision Systems Corporation to 8.1 percent (18.95 million shares), according to a regulatory filing released Thursday. The filing shows that Harbinger bought an additional 7.8 million shares in …

NEW YORK, August 22: Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its spin-off of cable shopping network HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval Leisure Group and Tree.com as separate publicly traded companies, a move intended to give each more focus and value. “Armed with outstanding …

LONDON, August 21: BabyTV has launched its on-demand service with Illico Cables in Canada, reaching more than 650,000 new subscribers. BabyTV is available in both French and English on Illico, which is the interactive television system and broadband network of …

TEL AVIV, August 21: Dori Media has released its financials for the first half of 2008, with revenues up 119 percent to $27.8 million and a profit after tax of $3.5 million, an 86-percent gain on the prior-year period. EBITDA, …

LONDON, August 21: Sally Miles’ Passion Distribution has signed a first-look deal with Reef Television, whose credits include BBC One’s Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting. Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting is now in its fourth season, with a total of …

SAN FRANCISCO, August 21: Intel Corporation and Yahoo! are joining forces for The Widget Channel, allowing consumers to tap into Internet applications while watching their favorite shows. The Widget Channel, powered by the Yahoo! Widget Engine, will enable viewers to …

LONDON, August 21: Digital Rights Group-owned C4i has signed a one-year development deal with Hardcash Productions, building on the companies existing relationship that resulted in documentaries such as Iraq: The Lost Generation. The deal sees C4i working closely with the …