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TORONTO, August 13: Canada’s Global Television will feature a host of new and returning series in its prime-time fall lineup, kicking off with three consecutive nights of two-hour premieres with Prison Break, 90210 and Bones, respectively. Prison Break will make …

NEW YORK, August 13: Verizon FiOS TV is set to launch The Cheetah Girls One World on its VOD service on August 19, three days ahead of the movie’s Disney Channel premiere. The movie will be presented on FiOS TV’s …

LOS ANGELES, August 12: CBS Paramount Network Television is ramping up its original programming operation for basic and pay-cable platforms, with Jim McKairnes being named senior VP of cable development and strategic planning. In this newly created post, McKairnes will …

AMSTERDAM, August 12: Eyeworks has appointed Tobias Bringholm as managing director for Scandinavia, where he will oversee all of the company’s activities in the region and focus on further expansion. Based in Stockholm, Bringholm will work with the local management …

BEIJING, August 12: The Cisneros Group of Companies and China’s CCTV have signed an agreement to pool their resources to distribute programming in their respective markets, reaching a combined potential audience of 1.5 billion. The alliance opens doors for mutual …

NEW YORK, August 12: Joanne Lynch has been promoted to president of the television station group, effective immediately, for the Spanish-language media company Univision Communications. In her new role, Lynch will oversee Univision’s and TeleFutura’s 63 television stations. She will …

ST. LOUIS, August 12: Charter Communications has entered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to launch an SVOD service that features family-friendly content from The Walt Disney Studios. Disney Family Movies spotlights a host of classic and contemporary films …

NEW YORK, August 12: HBO is making all four seasons of its acclaimed comedy Entourage available for download from the iTunes Store, in advance of the premiere of the fifth season. Starting today, Entourage seasons one and two are available …

NEW YORK, August 12: Despite a 38-percent increase in revenue to $16.5 million, driven by the sale of Chaotic trading cards, 4Kids Entertainment has reported a wider loss for the second quarter of $5.5 million, up from the year-ago period’s …

LONDON, August 12: The Central and Eastern European feed of AXN, covering Poland, Romania, Hungary. Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has hit the 12-million household subscriber mark. AXN’s growth in the region has been driven by the success of …