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NEW YORK, October 12: The U.S. 24-hour Asian American network ImaginAsian TV will launch a new three-and-a-half-hour weekend morning block, targeted at the South Asian audience, called Simply Desi, featuring a variety of news, entertainment and sports programming. Launching October …

LONDON, October 12: Endemol UK has been commissioned by T-Mobile UK to create Be On TV, a made-for-mobile user-generated-content service and TV channel, set to launch this month. Be On TV will feature highlights from videos that users send in …

CANNES, October 12: Animation Collective has announced the sale of broadcast and home-video rights for its property Ellen’s Acres, currently airing in the U.K., to Latin America, Australia, Canada and the Middle East. The series, which currently airs on Cartoon …

LONDON, October 12: ITN On, ITN’s broadband, mobile and radio division, has announced an agreement with Joost to provide the Internet television platform with news, entertainment and sports content as well as a new weekly program called Movie Buff. For …

LONDON, October 12: International television producer-distributor Power, along with Prodigy Pictures and Cipango, has cast American movie stars Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff in XIII: The Conspiracy, a new TV action mini-series slated for production in November 2007. Based on …

LOS ANGELES, October 12: FarCor Studios has finalized a 10-year distribution deal granting TF1 International the licensing rights to the animated children’s series Da Jammies, excluding merchandising and DVD sales, in all territories outside of North America. The new urban-based …

LONDON, October 11: IMG Media has picked up the distribution rights to the first season of the Sordid Lives comedy series. One of the highlights of IMG’s new portfolio, Sordid Lives is the 12-part prequel series to the 2001 movie …

CANNES, October 11: As of yesterday, there was a total of 13,295 participants at this year’s MIPCOM, a 7-percent increase, representing 105 countries, up from 98 countries in 2006. In addition, the number of stands grew 5 percent to 545, …

BEVERLY HILLS, October 11: Lucy Hood has announced her resignation as CEO of Jamba and president of Fox Mobile Entertainment in order to “pursue more entrepreneurial ventures.” The company’s COO, Lee Fenton, will assume her duties until a new CEO …

CANNES, October 11: AETN International has reached an agreement to license 37 hours of programming from The History Channel catalogue to China International Television Corp. (CITVC), the commercial arm of CCTV. The deal includes three AETN series for CCTV broadcast: …