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LONDON/LOS ANGELES, August 14: The Africa Channel, a U.S.-based cable and satellite network featuring content about and from the African continent, has expanded into the international market, inking a carriage deal with BSkyB. The Africa Channel will launch on Sky’s …

TORONTO, August 14: The Canadian multi-faith and multicultural network VisionTV has unveiled its new drama-focused schedule for the 2007-2008 season, featuring more than 25 different drama series each week. VisionTV is also introducing a new brand positioning statement “Expect More,” …

LOS ANGELES, August 14: E! Networks is boosting its presence in Poland, inking new multiplatform deals with Vectra and Multimedia. Both operators have signed long-term deals to offer the E! Entertainment Network on their basic cable, digital cable and IPTV …

NEW YORK, August 14: Comedy Central has launched Address the Mess, a new multiplatform pro-social campaign committed to educating viewers on easy ways to reduce waste, improve their lives and help revive the planet. The first phase of the pro-social …

BEVERLY HILLS, August 13: The online movie rental service Netflix has secured a number of exclusive distribution deals with public television station Thirteen/WNET, the retailer Target and Warner Home Video for the multiplatform launch of a new documentary produced by …

LONDON, August 13: BBC Three has acquired the U.K. rights to 20 one-hour episodes of the ABC Family original drama Greek, focusing on the American college system of fraternities and sororities, from Disney-ABC International Television. The series premiered in the …

LONDON, August 13: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has shored up deals on its talent show America’s Got Talent, currently in its second season on NBC, in some 80 countries in the Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. The show, from FME …

LONDON, August 13: BBC Worldwide has licensed a raft of factual programming to Seven Network in Australia, including the 6×50-minute series Fight for Life, produced by the BBC, Discovery Channel and DCTP. Fight for Life, which celebrates the human body’s …

NEW YORK, August 13: Nickelodeon’s new CG-animated series Tak and the Power of Juju, based on the popular Nick/THQ video game, will premiere on the network with two back-to-back half-hour episodes on Friday, August 31, from 8 p.m. Tak and …

LONDON, August 13: Aspect Film has granted Sky Movies the U.K. broadcast rights to its British comedy feature film Back in Business. The company has also licensed the film’s worldwide in-flight rights to Los Angeles-based in-flight distributor Jetstream Pictures. Directed …