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LONDON, November 30: Entertainment Rights (ER) has named Adam Selly to the newly created position of head of sales, excluding the U.S. Canada and Japan. Selly will be responsible for generating and maximizing revenue across the ER group’s television and …

MUNICH, November 30: Due to consolidation of the SBS Broadcasting Group and to a one-time fine to the Federal Cartel Office, German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 reported an increase in revenues of 55 percent to 668.4 million euros and a decline in …

UNIVERSAL CITY/LOS GATOS, November 30: The online movie rental service Netflix has scored a deal with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution to make available to its subscribers downloads of current episodes of Heroes. The deal, which comes as NBC Universal’s …

HONG KONG/NEW YORK, November 30: STAR has entered into a deal with KyLinTV, an IPTV service targeting Chinese audiences in the U.S. and Canada, to expand its North American distribution. As of December 1, KyLin TV will offer up the …

SINGAPORE, November 30: SingTel’s IPTV platform, mio TV, in Singapore has expanded its channel lineup with the additions of Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW-TV) and the Philippines’ GMA Pinoy TV. Deutsche Welle (DW-TV) will start airing December 1, with GMA Pinoy …

SYDNEY, November 30: Australia’s Network Ten has unveiled the lineup for its new high-definition digital channel, TEN-HD, set to roll out December 16. TEN-HD will feature award-winning documentaries, movies, science fiction and drama series. Key titles in the science-fiction genre …

BEVERLY HILLS/PALO ALTO, November 30: Online entertainment platform Vuze has signed a mutually exclusive agreement with Hollywood talent agency United Talent Agency (UTA) to serve as their agent for business development and representation. As part of the deal, UTA will …

LONDON, November 30: Virgin Media Television’s recently launched entertainment channel Virgin 1 has announced two one-off commissions for its peak-time Envy strand: Boob Envy and Money Envy, airing this December. Boob Envy, presented by Thaila Zucci (Star Stories, Balls of …

NEW YORK, November 30: qubo, the bilingual multiplatform kids’ service, will roll out a range of new on-air programming next month, and has also expanded its online offerings with several new interactive applications. Beginning Monday, December 3, the qubo Channel …

NEW YORK, November 30: Albie Hecht’s digital entertainment studio Worldwide Biggies has inked a two-year extension agreement with Spike TV to executive produce its annual Video Game Awards. The fifth annual broadcast of the awards, taped from Mandalay Bay Events …