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LAS VEGAS, January 9: NBC Universal has aligned with several companies, including Microsoft and AT&T, to develop a set of anti-piracy measures for online content, according to the Financial Times. The FT reports that NBC Universal has approached Apple about …

SAN JOSE, January 9: After receiving financing from Sony Pictures Entertainment in December, the web-based teen destination Gaia Online has secured an investment by Time Warner. Time Warner made the investment in a Series B funding round. Gaia Online is …

LONDON, January 9: ITV has appointed Peter Iacono, previously with Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, as president and managing director of ITV Worldwide, the British commercial broadcaster’s international sales, distribution, merchandising, publishing and licensing arm. ITV Worldwide is part of …

LOS ANGELES, January 9: CBS and Showtime will partner to roll out a second installment of Big Brother: After Dark next month, for broadcast on the premium cable network’s SHO2 multiplex channel as a live three-hour feed from midnight to …

LAS VEGAS, January 9: NBC.com announced a new slate of content for midseason, including a partnership with iVillage on a Lipstick Jungle-related property, the launch of a new chapter in Heroes Evolution and a slew of online sites for television …

TORONTO, January 9: Corus Entertainment has extended its multi-year broadcast partnership with MTV Networks International to encompass all digital rights for Nickelodeon and related brands, covering broadcast, broadband, mobile, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, electronic sell-through and gaming. Under the new multiplatform agreement …

TORONTO, January 9: Disney’s Bernard Gershon, along with ESPN’s chairman emeritus Herbert A. “Herb” Granath and Greycroft’s Drew Lipsher have been added to the schedule for the History Makers 2008 Summit, which is scheduled to take place in New York …

NEW YORK, January 9: RHI Entertainment’s two-hour movie Journey to the Center of the Earth will premiere during ION Television Network’s RHI Movie Weekend block on Sunday, January 27. The newest adaptation of the classic novel by Jules Verne stars …

HONG KONG, January 8: Granada International has inked a deal with China’s Hunan TV for its hit entertainment property Saturday Night Takeaway, marking the first time that the format will be produced for an Asian audience. Hunan TV is making …

MUNICH, January 8: SevenOne International has secured new format deals with SBS 6 in the Netherlands and TV2 in Hungary for The Successor—The Next Uri Geller, which premiered in Germany today on ProSieben. The talent competition series, based on an …