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EL SEGUNDO, May 23: DIRECTV says it is on schedule to roll out up to 100 national HD channels by year-end, with a slate of new offerings due to launch on the platform this fall, including four high-definition networks from …

LONDON, May 23: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is offering up the international format rights to the new CBS game show Power of 10, created by Michael Davies. The deal follows CBS’s announcement this week that it would be picking …

NEW YORK, May 23: 4Kids Entertainment has expanded the reach of its 4Kids TV On Demand platform to 13.5 million homes through a recent launch on Cox Communications and an increase in Comcast’s digital cable subscribers. The recent launch on …

LOS ANGELES, May 23: PorchLight Entertainment has reached a multiplatform deal with Rounder Records to co-develop a range of programming and merchandise for the Boston-based tween pop group Girl Authority. PorchLight will begin its marketing, branding and public relations efforts …

NEW YORK, May 23: Non-fiction TV content producer Atlas Media Corp. is launching a new division devoted to the development and production of feature-length theatrical documentary films, with a deal already in place with VOOM HD networks for a film …

LONDON, May 23: In a deal brokered by Eyeworks Distribution, Zonemedia has acquired two reality series from New Zealand producer Eyeworks Touchdown, Miss Popularity and Treasure Island: Couples At War, for premiere on its Zone Reality feeds throughout Europe, the …

LONDON, May 23: The British independent production company Thumbs Up Productions has been commissioned by ITV1 to produce the 5×1-hour factual entertainment series Wright Across America, which sees football legend Ian Wright travel coast to coast across the U.S. on …

TORONTO, May 23: Achilles Media has appointed Bill Nemtin as the new executive producer of the World Congress of History Producers (WCHP) event, taking over the role recently vacated by Craig Thompson. Organized by Achilles Media, the WCHP is an …

TORONTO, May 23: Cookie Jar Entertainment has appointed Ed Adams to the newly created position of VP of business affairs and sales, reporting to Toper Taylor, the president and COO. In his new position, based in Los Angeles, Adams will …

BOULOGNE, May 23: Market-leading French broadcaster TF1 has announced first-quarter revenues of 88.5 million euros, an 18.8 percent gain on the year-ago period. Revenues were up by 7.3 percent to 702.3 million euros, with ad revenues up 6.1 percent to …