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SINGAPORE, May 14: StarHub has partnered with the beer brewing company Carlsberg to develop, produce and air a new prime-time half-hour football-themed game show, Carlsberg Man of the Match Challenge. Carlsberg Man of the Match Challenge premieres on SuperSports (StarHub …

LOS ANGELES, May 14: Alchemy Television and Tele München, the co-distributors of the new CBS prime-time series Flashpoint (excluding North America), will screen the pilot for the one-hour drama at the L.A. Screenings. Flashpoint is an ensemble police drama about …

MIAMI/NEW YORK, May 14: Lightworks Program Distribution has reached an international programming distribution agreement with CaribeVisión, and will offer up original fare from the U.S. Hispanic network at the L.A. Screenings. Under the new deal, programming initially available for sale …

TOKYO, May 14: Sony Corporation achieved record results in its fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, with net income almost tripling to Y369.4 billion ($3.5 billion), on revenues that were up 6.9 percent to Y8.9 trillion ($84.3 billion). While Sony …

BUENOS AIRES, May 14: The Latin Flower Company has added a new program to its slate for the L.A. Screenings, The Queen of the Song, a format that can either be aired as a scripted teen telenovela or as hybrid …

NEW YORK, May 14: CBS is bringing 18 shows back in the fall, with five new series coming to the schedule, and has also announced plans for a Wednesday night comedy block. Among the shows not making it back to …

GRUENWALD, May 14: m4e, a German brand-management and media company, has acquired the rights to the 3-D animated film Winx Club—The Secret of the Lost Kingdom from Italian animation producer Rainbow S.p.A. for theatrical release in Germany on September 4. …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK, May 14: The legal battle between John Malone and Barry Diller over the fate of InterActive Corp. (IAC) is over, with Liberty Media lifting its opposition to the separation of IAC into five different companies. Liberty, which owns …

DOHA, May 14: Tony Burman has joined the Middle East-based English-language news channel Al Jazeera English as its new managing director, replacing Nigel Parsons, who has taken on a new role at the flagship Al Jazeera Network. Burman was most …

NEW YORK, May 14: A spin-off of the hit ’90s drama Beverly Hills, 90210 joins returning series Gossip Girl and America’s Next Top Model on The CW’s 2008-2009 schedule, which focuses on the female 18-to-34 demo. Dawn Ostroff, the president …