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NASHVILLE, August 5: Documentary Channel will air two programs about the Iraq war during the network’s Primetime Premieres on August 18. The event will begin with the exclusive U.S. television premiere of The Price for Paradise at 8 p.m. The …

LOS ANGELES, August 5: Harry E. Sloan has inked a new three-year agreement to continue as the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM). Since joining MGM in October 2005, Sloan has led a number of initiatives to reinvigorate the …

SAN FRANCISCO, August 5: BNET.com, a property of CBS Interactive, and Portfolio.com, the online offering from the Condé Nast magazine of the same name, have secured an agreement to jointly offer business articles and video content on each other’s sites. …

NEW YORK, August 5: Sony Corporation is buying Bertelsmann’s 50-percent stake in Sony BMG, the music company the two partners formed in 2004, for an undisclosed sum. The venture will be renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SMEI) and will become …

LONDON, August 5: ALL3MEDIA International has completed a raft of deals with several Australian broadcasters for drama and factual programming, including BBC HD and BBC Knowledge taking on a range of China-based programs. ABC Australia has acquired Lilies, set in …

LONDON, August 5: There will be 104 million digital TV homes in Western Europe by the end of this year, according to Informa Telecoms & Media, which forecasts 157 million homes and a 90-percent penetration rate by 2013. The new …

HOLLYWOOD, August 5: Entertainment Tonight has signed a deal to become the premiere provider of entertainment and celebrity content for MSN, and will also produce a daily online mini-newscast, ET on MSN, hosted by on-air talent from the syndicated newsmagazine. …

NEW YORK, August 5: Private-equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) has forecast that broadcast TV will surpass newspapers as the largest ad medium in the U.S. this year, while Internet advertising will exceed broadcast TV in 2011. The predictions are …

LONDON, August 5: BBC Worldwide’s hit ’80s series The Young Ones is now available on the iTunes Store in the U.K., with all six 30-minutes episodes from season one launching today and season two to follow shortly. The Young Ones …

NEW YORK, August 5: A new production team has been named for the eighth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which will premiere this November on USA Network with new cast member Jeff Goldblum. With the series divided into …