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LONDON, November 1: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will roll out the general entertainment channel Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and the anime channel Animax in Africa this month on MultiChoice’s digital pay-TV satellite platform DStv. Launching with the tagline “100% …

LOS ANGELES, November 1: As part of its new lineup of short-form programming designed for the “YouTube generation”, Playboy TV has announced that it will premiere a new comedy series titled Canoga Park. The series will premiere on November 9 …

LONDON, November 1: Virgin Media Television’s light-entertainment channel Challenge has inked a deal with Zeal Entertainment, on behalf of the Miss World Organization, for the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights to the live Miss World 2007 competition final in December. This …

TORONTO, November 1: Nickelodeon International has acquired CCI Entertainment’s children’s animated series Frankenstein’s Cat for broadcast on its feeds in Spain, Benelux, Southeast Asia, Australia, Latin America and Israel. Other broadcasters of the series include CBBC, ABC Australia, France 3 …

LONDON, November 1: British independent production outfit Warner Sisters Productions and Granada International have inked a development deal for two television movies based on author Martina Cole’s most recent novels: The Graft and The Take. Granada International will take on …

SANTA MONICA, November 1: American Cinema International (ACI) has concluded a raft of new deals at the AFM and has also announced that production is set to begin on Well, its fourth film with Zeitsprung Entertainment. SPI International has picked …

LOS ANGELES, November 1: Adness Entertainment has bagged a number of new Latin-American merchandising deals on the 3-D character-based kids’ franchise Crack & Bonky following Expo Licensing Latin America. Last month, Adness announced the acquisition of the North American and …

LOS ANGELES, October 31: Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) resumed today to hammer out a new contract, ahead of the expiration of the current contract at midnight tonight. …

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced a new rule that prevents cable platforms from signing exclusivity deals with apartment buildings. The move is intended to help lower cable rates for the nearly 30 percent of …

HONG KONG, October 31: A new report from the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and Standard Chartered Bank has found that piracy has cost the pay-TV industry in Asia $1.54 billion in lost revenues, up from $1.13 …