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LOS GATOS, May 20: Online movie rental service Netflix has partnered with the digital-media outfit Roku for a new device that enables its subscribers to instantly stream a library of more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly …

BARCELONA, May 20: Spain’s Imira Entertainment has signed a raft of new broadcast, licensing, interactive and home-entertainment deals for its girl-skewing animated series Lola & Virginia. Television sales include a deal with Nickelodeon Korea, which has become the fifth Nickelodeon …

LOS ANGELES, May 20: FOX has ordered 13 episodes of Hole in the Wall, the Japanese format represented worldwide by FremantleMedia. A casting call in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta has been announced for the quirky series, which will …

MIAMI, May 20: MensajeTV, the first Internet television network targeting Latina women in the U.S., is set to launch a broadband channel and social-networking site in July. Today, MensajeTV is comprised of three different channels that focus on different areas …

HONG KONG, May 20: Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) has reached an agreement to supply a selection of current movies and TV series to Chunghwa Telecom’s Multimedia On-Demand (MOD) IPTV VOD service in Taiwan. Under this agreement, facilitated by Deltamac …

ARLINGTON, May 20: Veria has unveiled a new lineup of original series scheduled to premiere on its natural-wellness lifestyle network, Veria TV, in fall 2008, along with naming Michael Pepe as the president of media networks. Pepe, the former president …

LONDON/MUNICH/BONN, May 20: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has struck an agreement to make newly released and selected library Sony Pictures titles available for purchase via Videoload, a VOD and electronic-sell-through (EST) service from Germany’s Deutsche Telekom. A number of …

TORONTO, May 20: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has appointed Paul “Bateman” Davis-Miller to the newly created role of senior VP of U.S. distribution and development. Based at the company’s Marina del Rey, California, offices, Davis-Miller will be responsible for selling …

SEATTLE/LOS ANGELES, May 20: The digital entertainment services company RealNetworks has reached a deal with Endemol USA to offer subscribers of its SuperPass on-demand service full-length episodes of reality shows from the U.S. and Europe that are no longer airing …

NEW YORK, May 20: Independent non-fiction producer Atlas Media Corporation has appointed Anita Shah, previously with Lion TV, as its VP of development, effective immediately. Based in New York, Shah will report directly to Kaki Kirby, the company’s executive VP …