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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/BASKING RIDGE/SAN DIEGO, August 17: CBS Mobile, Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA have teamed up for a new dedicated Big Brother 8 channel on Verizon’s mobile V CAST service that will stream live 24/7 footage from the reality series. …

LOS ANGELES, August 17: Production has begun in Australia on The Pacific, a new 10-hour HBO mini-series on U.S. marines in the Pacific during World War II that will be executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, …

SINGAPORE, August 17: ESPN STAR Sports, along with affiliate EML, has secured a number of broadcast deals for the first edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 tournament in September, with more than 105 countries slated to air …

TEL AVIV, August 17: Dori Media Group has opened a new U.S. subsidiary, Dori Media America (DMA), based in Miami, and has tapped former RCTV International executive Jose Escalante to lead the new division as its CEO. In addition to …

HOUSTON, August 17: Illumitoon Entertainment has licensed two new anime series, B’tx and AM Driver, to the VOD service Anime Network, which will premiere the titles on September 6 and September 9, respectively. B’tx follows the adventures of Teppei, who, …