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NEW YORK, April 18: GE Media, Communications & Entertainment, a unit of GE Commercial Finance, and NBC Universal have launched a $250 million equity fund to invest in media and technology companies with high growth potential. The fund will focus …

HONG KONG, April 18: Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) has restructured its sales division with promotions for Amit Malhotra, Mark Chan and Ramez Sheikh. Amit Malhotra has been assigned the role of regional director of sales, pan-Asia, India and …

PARIS, April 18: Almost a decade since the last editions of MIP Asia and MIDEM Asia, Reed MIDEM announced today that it is planning a new event in the region: AMAZIA, a pan-Asia Pacific exhibition and conference devoted to the …

CANNES, April 18: Acclaimed director Spike Lee was on hand at the Babelgum launch here in Cannes yesterday, where the company’s founders previewed their new platform, which looks to deliver niche, broadcast-quality content over the Internet. The new peer-to-peer based …

MUNICH, April 18: ProSiebenSat.1 Group has reached a deal with CBS Paramount International Television to offer a slate of dramas, including NCIS and Medium, on its maxdome video-on-demand portal prior to their linear TV broadcast. The agreement covers the current …

NEW YORK, April 18: At its “First Look” event for advertisers, AOL showcased new programming alliances with Mark Burnett, DreamWorks Animation, Endemol, Madison Road Entertainment, Stone & Co and Telepictures for content that is slated to roll out on the …

CARLSBAD, April 18: Entriq has been commissioned to provide digital rights management solutions to RTL for its new online video-on-demand service. The newly launched RTL NOW! offers viewers in Germany the chance to watch such shows as Deutschland sucht den …

NEW YORK/LONDON/BELGIUM, April 18: The History Channel UK, a joint venture between A&E Television Networks (AETN) and BSkyB, will launch The History Channel in Belgium on Telenet on May 1. The History Channel in Belgium is an extension of the …

MUNICH, April 18: SevenOne International has sold the U.S. format rights to ProSieben's game show format Beat your Host! to paraMedia inc. to produce through Warner Horizon Television, Warner Bros. Television’s division for unscripted programming, in deal brokered by ICM. …

CANNES, April 18: Irish entertainment network Channel 6 is launching a new late-night erotic programming block this May called 18+ Only. The block will air on Friday nights from 12:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. It launches May 4 with newly …