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DALLAS/DAYTON, August 5: NCR Corporation, a provider of self-service and assisted-service technology, has aligned with Blockbuster to develop DVD vending kiosks in a pilot program that could potentially lead to a national rollout of thousands of units. Fifty Blockbuster-branded kiosks …

MUMBAI, August 4: News Corporation is planning to invest some $100 million on six new regional television stations in India, the company’s chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, indicated while on a visit to Mumbai today. "I'm guessing the investments will …

MIAMI, August 4: Former MGM executive Anjelica Cohn has been named senior VP of business affairs at Telemundo Communications Group, effective today. Based in Miami, Cohn will oversee all business affairs matters for Telemundo's network, studios, stations group, cable channels …

NEW YORK, August 4: U.S. Spanish network V-me will launch two new children’s series today: Cotoons and Bruno and the Banana Bunch. Cotoons, with episodes airing at 1 p.m. on weekdays, follows curious creatures that seem to find answers for …

EMERYVILLE, August 4: MobiTV’s managed network for mobile television and radio has surpassed 4 million subscribers on more than 15 carrier networks, with 50-plus channels available in the U.S. Since launching its first mobile television service in November 2003, MobiTV …

SINGAPORE, August 4: The Korean channel Arirang TV will become available to StarHub Digital Cable customers as a complimentary service starting September 1. All customers who are using a digital set-top box, a high-definition set-top box or HubStation will receive …

LOS ANGELES, August 4: The 24-hour child-development channel BabyFirst has finalized a carriage agreement with Asian telecommunications company SingTel to launch in Singapore on the digital pay-TV service mio TV. BabyFirst produces 500 hours of content tailored for babies annually. …

LONDON, August 4: Myvideorights.com has completed an agreement to distribute content from ALL3MEDIA International’s catalogue into the worldwide digital market. The company will reformat ALL3MEDIA’s content to short form and commercialize the rights for the programming to enable web, IPTV …

BURBANK, August 4: Scooby-Doo: In the Beginning, a new live-action prequel in the long-running franchise, is being produced by Cartoon Network and Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Entertainment’s new production company, for delivery in 2009. The on-air launch on Cartoon Network …

LOS ANGELES, August 4: Fox International Channels (FIC) and The Wall Street Journal Digital Network have secured a deal to jointly promote and sell The Wall Street Journal Americas, the company’s Spanish- and Portuguese-language online section that focuses on Latin …