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SAN FRANCISCO, September 20: Virgin America and VH1 have partnered to offer the first inflight on-demand music-video library for U.S. routes to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Las Vegas. The Virgin America-VH1 music-video library, available on …

TORONTO, September 20: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) and the CBC have acquired the international distribution rights to the second season of the Emmy Award-winning ten-hour series The Tudors. SPWAG has agreed to extend its previous license agreement for …

NEW YORK, September 20: Nickelodeon’s hit live-action comedy series The Naked Brothers Band, will roll out its first one-hour TV movie, Battle of the Bands, premiering October 6 at 8 p.m. and repeating October 7 at 7 p.m. In the …

LONDON, September 20: Distraction has secured Peace Arch Entertainment’s entire format catalogue for international distribution, including the weight-loss format The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp. Peace Arch’s The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp is a weight-loss format in which women undergo an …

LOS ANGELES, September 20: Lifetime has announced that its vampire-themed drama series Blood Ties will return for a second season of 10 new episodes this fall, beginning Friday, October 12 at 11 p.m. Blood Ties joins Lifetime's new Friday night …

HONG KONG, September 20: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has licensed the format rights to the music variety series Karaoke Showdown to terrestrial broadcaster VTV3 in Vietnam and Trans TV in Indonesia. Karaoke Showdown has proved to be popular among …

LONDON, September 20: BBC Worldwide has reached deals with independent production companies talkbackTHAMES and Prominent Television to distribute their content in long and short forms on digital media platforms. Under the two deals, BBC Worldwide will be able to exploit …

LONDON, September 19: Cake Distribution has secured sales for its 26×30-minute animated comedy-adventure series King Arthur’s Disasters to BBC Kids in Canada and Nickelodeon in Australia. King Arthur’s Disasters follows the animated adventures of King Arthur on his quests to …

NEW YORK, September 19: News Corporation’s chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, has said that Fox Business Network, which is scheduled to launch next month, will focus on consumer news more than rival CNBC. Murdoch unveiled some plans for Fox Business …

NEW YORK, September 19: Classic Media, an Entertainment Rights subsidiary, has appointed Lara Dalch, previously with Cartoon Network, as the senior director of brand development and promotions for its operations in North America. Based at the company’s North American headquarters …