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MUNICH, June 6: Germany’s SquareOne Entertainment has acquired the European distribution rights to the original micro-series Lovebites, which is currently airing on TBS in the U.S. SquareOne Entertainment secured the distribution deal with JWTwo Entertainment, Greif Productions and Paul Reiser’s …

NEW YORK, June 6: Steamboat Ventures, a venture-capital firm established on behalf of The Walt Disney Company, has invested in three Chinese start-up companies that have a strong presence in Internet broadcasting, including the country’s largest Web TV operator UUSee, …

NEW YORK, June 6: Dan Hart has been named as the senior VP and general manager of MTV Digital. In his new role, Hart will be charged with building upon the strong growth that MTV.com has experienced this year; delivering …

LOS ANGELES/UNTERFOEHRING, June 6: Rüdiger Böss, the head of program acquisitions at ProSiebenSat.1 Media gives World Screen Newsflash his perspective on the new crop of pilots he screened in Los Angeles. After watching the new shows presented by the studios …

NEW YORK, June 6: Total advertising expenditures in the first quarter of 2007 decreased by 0.3 percent to $34.93 billion as compared to the same period in 2006, according to TNS Media Intelligence. “After a sluggish January, the pace of …

NEW YORK, June 6: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and @radical.media, announced a first-look development deal and alliance, which will enable the worldwide distribution of traditional and non-traditional content across all platforms. The arrangement, which takes effect immediately, is expected to bring …

LONDON, June 6: The U.K. commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired Pushing Daisies from Warner Bros. International Television, and Swingtown and Cane from CBS Paramount International Television. Pushing Daisies, a forensic fairytale about a young man who has the ability to …

NEW YORK, June 6: Ron Meyer has signed a new five-year contract to continue as president and COO of Universal Studios. Meyer will remain Universal Studio's top executive through at least 2012, continuing to lead NBC Universal's motion picture, parks …

PARIS, June 6: The French international news channel France 24 will now be available on digital terrestrial television in Italy via broadcaster Telecentro Toscana. Alain de Pouzilhac, the chairman of the management board of France 24, will sign an agreement …

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6: The Brazilian distributor Globo TV Sports has licensed the weekly sports magazine show Footbrazil to Sky Sports for broadcast across the U.K. and Ireland. Currently airing in more than 90 countries, Footbrazil is a weekly …