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LONDON, September 24: A new Screen Digest report predicts that the online TV market in the U.K. will generate annual revenues of £181 million by 2011. Screen Digest also notes that while there are only a few online TV options …

LOS ANGELES, September 24: MarVista Entertainment’s recent growth has led to the addition of newly created key executive roles and promotions, with D. Douglas Hill appointed as controller and Sara Rutenberg named senior VP of business affairs, along with several …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/ATLANTA, September 24: NBC Universal and Cox Communications have announced plans to offer a free trial of five NBC prime-time shows on demand exclusively to Cox Digital Cable customers in Orange County and Palos Verdes in California. The five …

TORONTO, September 24: Jennifer Bennett has been named as the new executive VP of licensing for CCI Entertainment, based in the company’s new Los Angeles office. In her new position, Bennett will be responsible for the company’s overall brand and …

BURBANK, September 24: In December, NBC will debut Clash of the Choirs, a live four-night holiday event series produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. The series will have its two-hour premiere on Monday, December 17 from 9 p.m. and will continue …

SHERMAN OAKS, September 24: GRB Entertainment has announced a promotion and a new hire in its international sales division, both reporting to Marielle Zuccarelli, the company’s senior VP of international sales. John Tancredi has been named the director of international …

SOFIA/LOS ANGELES, September 24: MGM Networks has signed an agreement with Warburg Pincus-backed Eurocom, the largest cable operator in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, to launch a local-language version of The MGM Channel in the region next month. The MGM …

LONDON, September 24: Disney-ABC International Television and Channel 4 Finland (Nelonen) have concluded an IPTV VOD rental agreement to bring U.S. series like Lost and Desperate Housewives on demand to viewers four days after their linear broadcast in the U.S. …

WASHINGTON, September 24: Smithsonian Networks has concluded its first carriage agreement with DIRECTV and will begin broadcasting its original programming on a new linear high-definition channel, Smithsonian Channel, tentatively slated to launch September 26. Under the carriage deal with DIRECTV, …

BURBANK/LONDON/SYDNEY, September 24: Disney Channel’s High School Musical 2 has debuted to record-breaking audiences this past weekend in the U.K., where it drew 1.74 million total viewers, and in Australia, where it delivered an average audience of 313,976 viewers to …