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BEIJING/NEW YORK, July 31: IMG Worldwide and China Central Television (CCTV) have formed a joint venture, with a 20-year term, to develop and promote sporting events and content across the Greater China landscape. The CCTV-IMG Sports Management Company, headquartered in …

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has teamed up with the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) for a broadcast initiative to cover news from the International AIDS Conference, which will be held in Mexico City from August 3 …

ROME, July 31: Mediaset has filed a 500 million euros lawsuit against YouTube, following the legal victory by Spanish broadcaster Telecinco—in which it is a majority shareholder—in a similar suit against the video-sharing site. Mediaset said yesterday that it had …

HONG KONG, July 31: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has inked an exclusive deal with animation outfit ZAC Toons to distribute mobile content for five of its cartoon properties to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and India. The five …

STOCKHOLM, July 31: Modern Times Group is acquiring the parent company of the Bulgarian broadcaster Nova, which had an 18-percent audience share of the 18-to-49 set in the first half of this year, for 620 million euros in cash. MTG …

LOS ANGELES, July 31: TLC will add a new property show to its slate of real-life programming with the premiere of Hope for Your Home on August 9. During the half-hour episodes, the show’s host, real-estate expert Kirsten Kemp Becker …

NEW YORK, July 31: CBS Corporation has released its second-quarter results, with revenues and profit both up just 1 percent to $3.4 billion and $408 million, respectively, and announced a plan to sell off a slate of radio stations. "The …

TORONTO/LONDON, July 31: DECODE Entertainment has been commissioned to produce a third season of The Latest Buzz, while seasons one and two have scored new broadcast partners, including Cartoon Network Latin America. The new season of the live-action teen series …

LONDON, July 31: Reporting a £499 million profit this time last year, BSkyB has recorded a loss of £127 million for the year ended June 30, 2008—despite a 9-percent increase in revenues to £4.95 billion—as a result of a ?616 …

TORONTO, July 31: W Network in Canada, Corus Entertainment’s female-skewing specialty channel, has added a host of expert-based lifestyle programming, movies and a nationwide talent search to its schedule of new and returning series for the fall. Every Tuesday and …