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CUPERTINO, April 9: Apple has sold its 100 millionth iPod, it was announced today, five and a half years since the device hit the market. Launched in November 2001, the iPod is now the fastest-selling music player in history, Apple …

TORONTO, April 9: CTVglobemedia has reached a deal to offload several channels from CHUM—which it is in the process of acquiring—including SexTV and the A-Channel local stations, to Rogers Media for C$137.5 million ($119.4 million) in cash. The deal covers …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: Endemol USA has inked a first-look deal to produce original content for Break.com, an online entertainment channel for men that has a user base of about 16 million. This marks the first time that Endemol USA …

NEW YORK, April 9: Video content from Warner Music Group (WMG) artists will be available on Joost, with the new Internet TV platform set to offer a range of WMG channels tagged to a particular artist, genre or record label. …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: The 24-hour French-language channel TV5Monda USA is expanding its kids’ offerings with new afternoon block featuring both animated and live-action fare. Launching this week, the new block will initially feature Potlach la ferme (The Farm Potlach) …

BRISTOL, April 9: According to local reports, Aardman Animations has been given the go ahead to build new headquarters, budgeted at $10 million, next to its current base in Bristol. The BBC reports that Bristol’s city council has greenlit Aardman’s …

NEW YORK, April 9: ImaginAsian TV has bolstered its Korean drama lineup with the acquisition of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation’s popular serial Couple in Trouble. The series is slated to launch April 15 at 8 p.m. It is based on the …

NEW YORK, April 9: Juniper Content Corporation announced today that its Hispanic kids’ channel, Sorpresa!, passed 713,000 subscribers at December 31, 2006, representing a 45-percent gain over its distribution at the end of 2005. "Sorpresa! realized a substantial increase in …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: PorchLight Entertainment will unveil a slate of over $50 million-worth of new programming at MIPTV, including The Ultimate Gift, a theatrical family drama that was recently released by FOX Faith in U.S. theaters and stars Academy-Award …

KNOXVILLE, April 9: Among Scripps Networks’ top offerings for MIPTV is the HGTV series Living with Ed, which the company expects will tap into broadcasters’ demands for content on environmentally conscious lifestyles. The series chronicles the daily life of the …