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SINGAPORE, August 30: Walt Disney Television International has launched the kids-targeted SVOD service Jetix On Demand in Singapore on SingTel’s new pay-TV service mio TV. This marks the launch of the first Jetix-branded SVOD service in Asia. Priced at S$6.42 …

BERLIN, August 30: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s (SPHE) Blu-ray Disc sales in Europe have reached the 250,000 mark, while North American sales are nearing the 1-million mark. Meanwhile, sales of the high-definition format in six emerging markets, including Hong Kong, …

SINGAPORE, August 30: In a five-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to ECB matches across television (inclusive of mobile TV), Internet and radio. ESPN STAR Sports …

SAN FRANCISCO, August 30: blinkx.com, an online video search engine, has reached a deal to host and distribute Prom Queen: Summer Heat, the sequel to the Emmy-nominated broadband drama series from Vuguru, Michael Eisner’s new-media studio. Starting today, blinkx.com will …

MONTREAL, August 29: RTL in Germany has picked up 50 half-hour episodes of the hidden-camera comedy series Just For Laughs Gags for launch next week. The show has been airing on ABC in the U.S. this summer. Other broadcast partners …

TORONTO, August 29: Rogers OMNI.1 has secured an exclusive broadcast deal with Globo TV International for the Brazilian telenovela Shades of Sin, which will air weekdays in Ontario beginning Tuesday, September 4 at 4 p.m. The network will air more …

BOGOTÁ, August 29: Invento, the production and distribution company formed as a joint venture between FremantleMedia and Colombia’s Teleset, will be attending MIPCOM with a slate of shows from successful novela writer and producer Juana Uribe. Originally launched in 2003, …

MIAMI, August 29: Telemundo Internacional is partnering with Up-Mobile Corp. to roll out mobile content based on some of its most popular novelas in six Latin American markets. Countries included in the deal are Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela and …

BARCELONA, August 29: Icon Animation has entered a multi-territory deal with Panini, a leading international collectable stickers and trading card company, for its animated girl-skewing series Lola & Virginia. Panini will launch a series of products including a sticker stack …

NEW YORK, August 29: CCI Entertainment has unveiled plans for a new online store and a live theater tour in the U.K. for its hit preschool property Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs. The nine-month tour will kick off …