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SINGAPORE/INDONESIA, March 12: Singaporean cable platform StarHub has finalized a deal with Indonesian media company MNC for the carriage of the 24-hour general-entertainment network MNC—The Indonesian Channel. The new channel will launch on StarHub on March 17. Aside from Japan, …

SINGAPORE, March 12: According to a new Frost & Sullivan report, the mobile-video-services market in 12 Asia-Pacific countries, excluding Japan, earned revenues of more than $440 million in 2007 and is projected to reach $1.88 billion by the end of …

SÃO PAULO, March 12: Globosat has announced that Premier Football Club (PFC), its dedicated Brazilian football channel, will debut in Nigeria this month on Trend TV. With only one year since its launch, PFC is already available in the U.S. …

STUDIO CITY, March 12: Crown Media Holdings, the parent company of the Hallmark Channel in the U.S. lowered its full-year loss from 2006’s $389 million to $159 million for 2007, however its fourth quarter rose to $37.3 million. Net revenue …

LONDON, March 12: 3DD has closed a series of deal with international broadcasters on a range of documentaries and concerts featuring some of the world’s leading music artists. Having obtained the rights from 19 Management, 3DD has secured sales for …

LOS ANGELES, March 12: The online browser-based streaming-video service Hulu, a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal, has launched its public release, as well as new licensing deals with Warner Bros. Television Group and Lionsgate, among others. New …

LONDON, March 12: Interactive web-TV platform Babelgum is kicking off the launch of its newest software with the Babelgum Online Film Festival, a competition to be judged by Spike Lee, among others. More than a thousand productions from 86 countries …

BURBANK, March 12: NBC will team up with executive producer Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and her production company, Is or Isn’t Entertainment, and British independent outfit Wall to Wall to roll out a version of the BBC celebrity ancestry series Who …

ENCINO, March 12: Solid Entertainment has joined forces with BlueFrontier.tv to distribute Jules Verne Adventures, a 7×1-hour documentary series that mixes adventure and exploration of some of the world’s great mysteries. The seven episodes that make up this package of …

BEIJING, March 12: The format market in China is heating up, with Hunan Satellite TV said to be working on an adaptation of Betty la fea, while Idea Asia is developing a version of Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) Blackjack …