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DOHA, January 11: Al Jazeera Network has entered into an agreement with Hoist to make its English- and Arabic-language channels available in European hotels. Al Jazeera hopes that Hoist will be a key partner in the network’s initiative toward sustained …

LOS ANGELES, January 11: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) will be heading to NATPE with a range of movies, including the war drama Valkyrie, The Pink Panther 2 and the latest James Bond title, as well as a slew of television series. …

STOCKHOLM, January 11: Strix Television has secured the distribution rights for two formats from Finnish independent producer Susamuru: There’s a Song in Every Star and Quality Time. The half-hour prime-time talent format There’s a Song in Every Star challenges non-professional …

BURBANK, January 11: Starz Media has tapped former Regent Worldwide Sales chief Gene George as executive VP of worldwide distribution, effective immediately. George will be based at Starz Media’s Burbank headquarters, reporting to Kent Rice, the company’s president and COO. …

LONDON, January 11: Carl Ratcliff, the current head of planning at Lowe London, will return to Five as the British terrestrial’s head of brand strategy and marketing. He will report to Five’s managing director of content, Lisa Opie, who assumed …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, January 11: The Weinstein Company has reportedly reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America. The Weinstein Company is the second studio to come to a deal with the striking writers, following a similar move …

PARIS, January 11: The one-year-old international news channel France 24 is opposing President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to scrap the service’s English and Arabic feeds in order to operate solely in French, calling the proposed move “senseless.” Earlier this week, Sarkozy …

NEW YORK, January 11: CBS Corporation has completed the sale of television stations in four markets to Four Points Media Group, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, for $185 million in cash. With this deal, CBS Corporation has now completed …

LOS ANGELES, January 11: The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement across feature film, documentary and television categories, with the winners to be named on Saturday, January 26, at the Hyatt Regency Century …

SANTA MONICA, January 11: Lionsgate has inked a deal with producer-distributor Nu Image/Millennium Films for the North American distribution rights to the new Conan the Barbarian film, based on Robert E. Howard’s mythical conquering hero. Nu Image/Millennium’s Boaz Davidson and …