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MONTREAL, January 10: The Canadian pay-TV operator Cogeco Cable has announced a video-on-demand agreement with Disney-ABC International Television for a range of new and classic movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Animation, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax. The agreement includes …

DETROIT, January 10: Spike TV has ordered six one-hour episodes of a new series from Al Roker Entertainment that takes viewers inside the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). DEA is being produced by Al Roker Entertainment in association with Size 12 …

LOS ANGELES, January 10: The social networking site MySpace will roll out a new online content channel, titled MySpace Celebrity, where fans can interact with their favorite stars and receive current news, photos, blogs and video updates centered on celebrities. …

MIAMI, January 10: The U.S. Hispanic network Telemundo says it averaged 1,035,000 total viewers aged 2 and older in prime time from Monday through Friday in 2007, an increase of 7 percent over the previous year, and experienced a 10-percent-plus …

DOHA, January 10: Al Jazeera English, the Middle-East-based English-language news and current affairs channel, will launch on Hong Kong Cable on January 16, extending its reach to more than 100 million households worldwide. Al Jazeera English is supported in Asia …

LONDON, January 10: Entara has adopted the Parthenon Entertainment Group name, as of this month, following the acquisition of Parthenon by Entara’s parent company, the private investment and business management group Arkaga Fund. All Entara’s properties, including Magic Roundabout, Domo, …

LONDON, January 9: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a deal with independent Swiss producer allcomm productions for the distribution rights to the weight-loss format Village on a Diet. Village on a Diet was produced by allcomm productions for SF Channel 1 …

NEW YORK, January 9: Elias Arts has joined forces with the Pangea Day organizers, opening up its extensive music library to filmmakers around the world as they prepare their short-film submissions for the one-day global event. Elias Arts has announced …

BASKING RIDGE/LOS ANGELES/LAS VEGAS, January 9: TOKYOPOP has launched a mobile video channel featuring anime and other Asian content on the Verizon V CAST platform. The channel features manga videos and anime clips and other Asian entertainment. Fifteen to 20 …

NEW YORK, January 9: The American music cable network fuse has secured the rights to Planet Rock Profiles from Ireland’s Monster Distributes for launch as part of a major programming revamp. The initial agreement will bring 55 Planet Rock interview …