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NEW YORK/BASKING RIDGE/LAS VEGAS, January 8: Sundance Channel has inked a deal with Verizon Wireless to offer a selection of short-form programming on Verizon’s mobile V CAST service. The Sundance Channel on V CAST will feature video clips from prior …

NEW YORK, January 8: MTV Networks has announced a new targeted online syndication strategy that aims to deliver a diverse range of short- and long-form video content through partnerships with online video sites like Dailymotion, GoFish, imeem, MeeVee and Veoh. …

NEW YORK, January 8: Viacom’s Hispanic music network MTV Tr3s has added three new original series to its lineup, and will also roll out a second season of the hit reality series Quiero Mis Quinces, which will be accompanied by …

NEW YORK, January 8: A new report from TNS Media Intelligence predicts that U.S. advertising expenditure will rise 4.2 percent this year, with the biggest gains coming from the Internet. Advertising dollars spent on the Internet will rise 14.4 percent, …

NEW YORK, January 8: ¡Sorpresa!, Juniper Content Corporation’s Hispanic children’s network, has signed a multi-year carriage agreement with Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global. The deal will expand the channel’s base by 90,000 subscribers. The …

LOS ANGELES, January 8: As the strike continues, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has reached its first independent agreement with a movie studio, announcing a deal with United Artists Films. The studio, relaunched by Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise …

TORONTO, January 8: SilverBirch Studios has inked an agreement with Breakthrough New Media to develop two games based on the upcoming animated kids’ television series Jimmy Two Shoes, which will be broadcast on TELETOON Canada and Jetix Europe. As part …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/NEW YORK, January 8: In their first collaboration, CNBC and The New York Times have entered into a digital media arrangement to share business- and technology-related content, with CNBC providing videos and articles to NYTimes.com and The New York …

NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS, January 8: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop has released a new study at the International Consumer Electronics Show’s first Sandbox Summit examining digital media’s educational potential. The 50-page study, the first to analyze the …

ENGLEWOOD/MERIDIAN, January 7: Liberty Media Corporation has acquired a controlling stake in the sports nutrition electronic retailer Bodybuilding.com. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Liberty’s interest in Bodybuilding.com will be attributed to the Liberty Interactive group, which includes interests …