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SINGAPORE, August 1: Following the recent launch of its Football Channel, dedicated to Barclays English Premier League programming, StarHub will add two more offerings—Goal TV and Goal TV 2—to its digital cable TV Sports Group package, bringing the total number …

DALLAS, August 1: Mark Cuban’s HDNet has acquired the high-definition rights to the first 26 episodes of the BBC’s science-fiction series Torchwood. Set in Cardiff, Wales, Torchwood focuses on a renegade group of investigators who scavenge alien technology to solve …

CENTENNIAL, August 1: AZN Television, the Comcast-owned channel for Asian Americans, has acquired a number of new titles specifically for its Ghost Fest summer programming stunt, which commemorates the traditional Chinese Ghost Festival holiday. AZN has acquired films such as …

LONDON, August 1: Edward Galton, previously with the French animation company Xilam, has been named the managing director of Cake Distribution. In his new role, Galton will be focused on steering the distribution company to further heights. His roles will …

NEW YORK, August 1: News Corporation has succeeded in its $5.6-billion takeover bid for Dow Jones & Company, with the Bancroft family, holding 37 percent of the publisher’s voting stock, agreeing to the buyout following the board’s approval last month. …

NEW YORK, August 1: Time Warner’s second-quarter revenues grew 5.2 percent to $1.1 billion, on revenues of $11 billion, a 6-percent gain, driven in part by the cable segment. Consolidated subscription revenues for the company were up 10 percent to …

BOULOGNE, August 1: For the first half of this year, TF1’s revenues grew 3.2 percent to 1.4 billion euros, delivering a net profit of 185.7 million euros, an 8.3 percent gain on the same period last year. French broadcasting revenues …

CARACAS, August 1: Venezuelan network RCTV, which launched on cable after its free-TV license was not renewed, may be yanked off the air again if it doesn’t register as a “national producer,” a position that would require it to carry …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER/MONTREAL, August 1: Lionsgate has secured a four-year, $400 million filmed entertainment slate financing agreement with Societe generale de financement du Quebec (SGF), the provincial government’s investment arm, for the production of television series and feature films in Quebec. …

LONDON, July 31: Five has picked up the exclusive British terrestrial and digital television rights to K-Ville, a new cop drama from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that is set in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. The series stars Anthony Anderson …