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WINNIPEG, August 16: CanWest Global Communications Corp. and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have completed their acquisition of Alliance Atlantis Communications. The company’s broadcasting, entertainment and motion picture distribution businesses have been reorganized and split into separate groups that will each …

HONG KONG/LONDON, August 16: HIT Entertainment has appointed Singapore-based FCI Brands as the licensing agent to represent its portfolio of preschool properties in Southeast Asia. FCI Brands will represent and manage licensees for HIT Entertainment brands like Thomas & Friends, …

EL SEGUNDO/GERMANTOWN, August 15: In an effort to compete against cable operators offering triple-play packages, satellite platform DIRECTV has inked a deal with the CURRENT Group to offer its subscribers broadband and VoIP telephone services by the end of this …

HONG KONG, August 15: Three bars in Hong Kong have settled copyright infringement suits with FIFA and pay-TV platform Hong Kong Cable Television for illegally broadcasting last year’s World Cup. The three establishments, Carnegies, the Bridge and the Coyote Bar …

HONG KONG, August 15: The Internet video company VODone has teamed with the pan-Asian soccer network Goal TV to launch an online channel in China delivering coverage of a host of European football leagues. The online service is promising coverage …

WEST PALM BEACH, August 15: ION Media Networks has acquired from CBS Television Distribution the hour-long news program 48 Hours for broadcast on its flagship network, ION Television, which reaches more than 93 million homes. Hosted by Erin Moriarty, the …

LONDON, August 15: The BBC has acquired the U.K. free-TV broadcast rights to the new FX drama series Damages, starring Glenn Close, from Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI). The series will debut on BBC One in early 2008 and will …

LONDON, August 15: Power has sold a package of more than 120 hours of prime-time mini-series and drama to TV Azteca in Mexico. The package of both new and established programming includes nearly 60 mini-series and movies, including a range …

LOS ANGELES, August 15: Bennett Media Worldwide (BMW) concluded a record-breaking number of deals in July, with its programming now reaching 140 countries, a 100-percent increase in international coverage. Among the key deals are Playboy Latin America Channel acquiring the …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, August 15: Bejuba! Entertainment has licensed the 2-D and Flash-animated action-comedy series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers to VOOM HD Networks’ Animania all-animation channel in the U.S. The 26×30-minute series has also been licensed to Cartoon Network in Europe …