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LONDON, July 27: Babelgum today launched a channel dedicated to the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, an annual event celebrating short films and music videos that kicks off in London tomorrow. As of today, Babelgum users can access highlights from the …

SAN DIEGO, July 27: MTV Networks’ male-targeted Spike TV has announced its first-ever ringtone deal, inking an agreement with Spider-Man co-creator and comic book legend Stan Lee. The deal with Lee and his POW! Entertainment will see ringtones being made …

CULVER CITY, July 27: Dolphin Entertainment, a producer of live-action content for kids and young adults, has granted the worldwide DVD rights to six films produced for Nickelodeon to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group. The titles will be released by …

MARINA DEL REY, July 27: CinemaNow, a destination for downloadable movies, TV shows and music videos, has shored up licensing deals with Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI and Sanctuary Records. Beginning in late August, over 6,000 music videos from Sony …

MONTREAL, July 27: Production has begun on Mistaken, a new TV movie from Canada’s Incendo Productions and the U.K.’s Power for TMN: The Movie Network, Movie Central and Super Ecran in Canada, and Lifetime in the U.S. Mistaken’s North American …

MONTREAL, July 27: Muse Entertainment has begun principal photography on a contemporary take on the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which will be represented internationally by RHI Entertainment. Starring Dougray Scott of Desperate Housewives and Mission Impossible II, Tom …

NEW YORK, July 27: RHI Entertainment has appointed Paul FitzPatrick to the newly created position of executive VP, where he will oversee all of the company’s new-media initiatives. FitzPatrick will also serve as RHI’s principal liaison with the multichannel industry …

NEW YORK, July 27: Michele Grant has been named executive VP of news and sport at BBC Worldwide America as the company looks to build the presence of BBC News in the U.S. market. In this newly created role, Grant …

LONDON, July 27: British Sky Broadcasting’s revenues for the year ended June 30, 2007, were up 10 percent to £4.55 billion, but the platform’s net profit dropped from £551 million to £499 million. The company hailed its subscriber gains, with …

DALLAS, July 26: A study from Parks Associates titled Next Generation DVD Players: Will History Repeat? estimates that more than 32 million Blu-ray and HD DVD players (including game consoles) will be sold in the U.S. by 2011, an 85 …