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SINGAPORE, March 14: ESPN STAR Sports is launching live telecasts of the Formula One Grand Prix 2008 season, beginning with the ING Australian Grand Prix this month. The channel will air all 18 races, culminating with the Brazil Grand Prix …

TORONTO, March 14: The Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) and nextMEDIA have confirmed Malcolm Wall, the CEO of the content division for Virgin Media, to deliver the keynote at this year’s Banff/nextMEDIA Crossover event, taking place June 8. Wall joined …

WILMINGTON, March 14: Barry Diller, the chief executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, took the witness stand in a Delaware court yesterday, defending his plan to break up the company. Diller is at odds with longtime business partner John Malone, the chairman of …

PARIS, March 14: Twenty-seven projects for interactive and multiplatform content have been chosen as finalists for the third international Content 360 festival competition, part of the 45th MIPTV featuring MILIA, which takes place in Cannes from April 7 to 11. …

BURBANK, March 14: Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's final book in the hit series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released in two parts. The first part of Harry Potter and the …

CULVER CITY, March 14: After serving as the president of the digital division at Sony Pictures Entertainment for nearly ten years, Yair Landau is planning to leave the studio in April. Landau, who has been with Sony Pictures for 17 …

RESTON, March 14: Digital research firm comScore’s most recent Video Metrix report has revealed that Google’s video-sharing site YouTube accounted for one-third of the 9.8 billion videos viewed online in the U.S. during January. The firm also noted that the …

BURBANK, March 14: The high-stakes competition game show Duel is set to return to ABC Television Network with 10 new episodes beginning April 4 at 9 p.m., with Mike Greenberg reprising his hosting duties. The format combines trivia challenges with …

NEW YORK, March 14: On April 8, HBO will premiere The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, a documentary chronicling the plight of women and girls in the African war zone. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at this year’s …

LONDON, March 13: Ecosse Films’ Mistresses has been re-commissioned for a second season to air on BBC One. Mistresses follows the lives of four 30-something friends and their quest for true love. Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady and Shelley …