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NEW YORK, May 9: Chris Albrecht, the chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, is taking a leave of absence after being arrested in Las Vegas over the weekend for alleged misdemeanor battery and domestic assault following an altercation with …

EL SEGUNDO, May 9: First quarter revenues at The DIRECTV Group rose 15 percent to $3.91 billion, with net income up 43 percent to $336 million compared to Q1 2006. At the company’s U.S. platform, revenues were up 11 percent …

WINNIPEG, May 8: CanWest Global Communications Corp. has reached a deal to sell off its New Zealand operation, CanWest MediaWorks (NZ) Limited (MWL), parent company of TV3, to HT Media. HT Media is a subsidiary of Ironbridge Capital, an Australian …

LAS VEGAS, May 8: DIRECTV will be the first platform to launch the new 24/7 high-definition network The History Channel (THC) HD this September in the U.S. In addition, A&E HD, which debuted in the fourth quarter of last year, …

NEW YORK, May 8: Lifetime Television's drama series Blood Ties will return for a second season of ten new episodes in the fall. Blood Ties premiered on the network on March 11 and is currently averaging a 1.1 household rating …

NEW YORK, May 8: On June 11, SCI FI in the U.S. is launching Ani-Monday, a weekly block featuring content from Starz Media’s anime distribution arm, Manga Entertainment. The block, airing Mondays from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., marks the …

NEW YORK, May 8: The “green living” multimedia brand LIME has launched Ms. Rabble, an original eco-friendly animated webisode series—featuring the voice of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Victoria Jackson—on its broadband channel. In addition to the series’ launch on …

NEW YORK, May 8: FremantleMedia, the producer and licensor for the classic ‘90s TV show Baywatch, has announced that it will launch a line of apparel and accessories based on the iconic series. FremantleMedia will launch its Baywatch merchandising program …

LONDON, May 8: 3DD Digital, the digital division of the U.K.-based 3DD Group, has secured a content licensing deal to provide a selection of concerts and live music programming to Babelgum, a new peer-to-peer based Internet on demand TV platform. …

LONDON, May 8: Granada International has licensed a package of reality programming to Fox Life in Italy, including the first two seasons of Nanny 911, as well as Australian Princess and American Princess. The broadcast of the U.S. series Nanny …