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PARIS, December 21: The private-equity firm The Carlyle Group has joined Cinven and Altice as a shareholder of French cable platform Numericable, taking a 35-percent stake for a reported 1 billion euros. Numericable, whose high-speed network covers close to 10 …

TORONTO, December 21: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved the acquisition of Alliance Atlantis’s broadcasting assets by CanWest Global Communications Corp. “We are satisfied that this transaction meets the requirements for Canadian control both in law and …

LOS ANGELES, December 21: Just a few days since announcing its refusal to grant a waiver to the Golden Globe Awards, the Writers Guild of America has said that it will allow its members to work for the Independent Spirit …

SAN DIEGO, December 21: WealthTV, a lifestyle and entertainment cable channel, has lodged a carriage agreement complaint against Time Warner Cable (TWC) with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The complaint alleges that the cable giant had unlawfully discriminated against WealthTV …

LONDON, December 21: Next year, BBC One will debut I’d Do Anything, a new Saturday night talent competition show that searches for the next stars of the British musical Oliver! I’d Do Anything will be hosted by Graham Norton, who …

LONDON/MOSCOW, December 20: Disney-ABC International Television has finalized a multi-year entertainment licensing agreement with Russian state broadcaster Channel One. The deal covers the licensing of features, live-action series, animated series and made-for-TV movies, as well as the launch of a …

LONDON, December 20: In an effort to ramp up its output of original dramas for teen viewers, BBC Drama is inviting a range of in-house and independent production companies to pitch two new young-skewing series that will be broadcast on …

NEW YORK, December 20: VH1 Classic and the CBS News series 60 Minutes have teamed up to launch Classic 60 Minutes, a series drawn from the news-magazine’s video archives that will feature interviews with music legends. The series will air …

SANTA MONICA, December 20: The finale of MTV’s A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila became the highest-rated series telecast on the network for 2007, with casting now underway for a spin-off, That’s Amore!, starring a fan-favorite contestant, Domenico Nesci. …

SÃO PAULO, December 20: Fox International Channels (FIC) has begun production in São Paulo, Brazil, on 9 mm: São Paulo, its first original series in Latin America. 9 mm: São Paulo will be broadcast throughout Latin America in the first …