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LOS ANGELES/LONDON, August 20: SDI Media Group, an international provider of foreign-language subtitling and dubbing services, has named Roger Flynn to the new role of president of international for Europe and Asia. Flynn will oversee SDI’s expanding businesses in Europe, …

BURBANK, August 20: The Friday prime-time premiere of High School Musical 2, executive produced by Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, attracted 17.2 million viewers, ranking as the most-watched basic cable telecast in history. High School Musical 2, which premiered on …

LOS ANGELES, August 20: Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have announced that they will exclusively support the HD DVD format instead of Sony’s Blu-ray technology. The exclusive HD DVD commitment will include all movies distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, …

BASKING RIDGE/LOS ANGELES, August 20: Verizon Wireless and CBS Mobile have teamed to offer full-length commercial-free episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to subscribers of Verizon’s V CAST Video service, …

LONDON, August 20: Endemol UK has secured a 25-percent stake in digital entertainment producer and distributor MoMedia International. As part of the investment, Peter Cowley, the managing director of digital media at Endemol UK, has joined the board of MoMedia …

LOS ANGELES, August 20: LATV Networks, which operates a bilingual music and entertainment network for U.S. Hispanic audiences, has received an undisclosed investment from the Post-Newsweek Stations group. Post-Newsweek Stations now has a minority stake in the national network, distributed …

BELMONT, August 20: The digital media company Building B, which is setting up a new online video platform, has attracted $17.5 million in funding from Morgenthaler Ventures, Omni Capital, Index Ventures and private investors, and has named Sony BMG Music …

NEW YORK, August 20: RHI Entertainment has announced plans to premiere original, previously unaired movies in the action, thriller and horror genres on cable operators’ VOD platforms, with deals already in place with Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cablevision …

SANTA MONICA, August 20: Stratus Entertainment has taken over all of the assets of the youth-focused Hispanic network Latin Television (LTV) from the previous owners, who last month announced plans to exit the broadcasting business in order to focus on …

LOS ANGELES, August 20: American Cinema International and Cinevision International have teamed up to acquire and distribute Latin-themed product to the U.S. home entertainment marketplace. The partnership has already secured deals with Navarre/BCI and Image Entertainment to distribute a minimum …