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PALO ALTO, November 8: PBS has agreed to provide a selection of its programming on a download-to-own basis through the broadband entertainment platform Vuze. Vuze will offer PBS programs such as History Detectives, NOVA, and Scientific American Frontiers; PBS KIDS …

HAMILTON, November 8: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has optioned The Kids Are All Right, a game-show format from Endemol-owned Initial, for all six of its territories: the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Romania and the Ukraine. The deal …

HILVERSUM, November 8: Following MIPCOM, Endemol International has closed a series of new format deals in the Middle East, Europe and Mexico. In the Middle East, LBC has commissioned three new seasons of Star Academy. The fifth season of the …

TORONTO, November 7: At the AFM, Peace Arch Entertainment Group has inked theatrical distribution deals for three feature films, as well as a raft of international broadcast and DVD agreements. Peace Arch has closed broadcast and DVD agreements on a …

SINGAPORE, November 7: SingTel’s new pay-TV service mio TV has launched Tamil Box Office (TBO), a 24-hour channel offering Tamil-language movies from India. The channel became available this week and costs S$8.56 per month on a month-by-month basis, or S$6.42 …

LONDON, November 7: BabyTV, a 24-hour commercial-free network targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, has secured additional carriage deals in France. The service will now be available on the ADSL operators Neufcegetel, Free and Orange. The …

NEW YORK, November 7: While revenues were up 9 percent to $11.7 billion at Time Warner for the third quarter, led by the cable, networks and filmed entertainment segments, profit fell 53 percent to $1.1 billion. At AOL, revenues were …

BEIJING/HONG KONG, November 7: MTV Networks China, Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Chinese state broadcaster CCTV 6 have announced that they will broadcast the 2007 MTV Style Gala, featuring Paris Hilton, to more than 1 billion people throughout the region …

LONDON, November 7: In a submission to the Competition Commission, ITV has said that BSkyB should be made to sell its 17.9-percent stake in the British commercial broadcaster. Sky acquired the stake last November and has come under pressure from …

EL SEGUNDO, November 7: For the third quarter, DIRECTV has reported revenues of $4.33 billion, an 18-percent gain on the same period last year, although net profit at the DTH operator fell 14 percent to $319 million. At DIRECTV U.S., …