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BETHPAGE, August 24: Cablevision has added the iO Chinese package featuring three in-language networks—The Chinese Channel (Sino TV), ET Global NY, and CCTV-4—to its iO International digital cable service. Available across Cablevision’s service area in New York, the iO Chinese …

NEW YORK, August 24: Genius Products and ImaginAsian Home Entertainment will bring the controversial Korean film Green Chair to DVD on September 25. From director Park Chul-soo, Green Chair is a sexually charged drama about a forbidden love between a …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: In an effort to expand its slate, Associated Television International has named James Romanovich as president of worldwide media and entertainment and Justin Pierce as senior VP. Romanovich will head up all areas of distribution including …

HONG KONG, August 24: STAR has appointed Anthony Day as executive VP of strategy and development, a newly created position in which he will be responsible for expanding the group’s broadcasting activities and spearheading new opportunities. Based in Hong Kong, …

NEW YORK, August 24: The Nielsen Company has estimated that the total number of television households within the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) will increase by 1.3 percent to reach 112.8 million by January 1, 2008, with much of the …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: New Mexico’s attorney general has reopened an investigation into CBS’s new reality show Kid Nation over allegations that the series violated child-labor laws. The series was shot in New Mexico, where 40 kids between the ages …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: A comedy writer has filed suit against The Walt Disney Company, maintaining that he came up with the premise for the Disney Channel tween hit Hannah Montana. The AP reports that Buddy Sheffield, whose writing credits …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: Ahead of the September 17 launch of FOX’s new fall season lineup, the network is offering the entire premiere episode of K-Ville, plus 17 minutes of season three of Prison Break, online across 200 Internet portals …

TOKYO, August 24: HBO has reached a deal to launch in Japan via the J:COM On Demand service effective October 1, as part of a deal with MSO Jupiter Telecommunications. “The J:COM service provides a perfect opportunity for HBO to …

BURBANK, August 24: A modern reinvention of the classic competition series American Gladiators, which aired in syndication from 1989 to 1996, will be produced by MGM Television and Reveille for a prime-time slot on NBC. A broadcast date for the …