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LONDON, April 3: Distraction will bring the global entertainment news format E-Mix to MIPTV this month, offering subscriptions for weekly half-hour episodes or more flexible packages for a mix of weekly episodes as well as short segments. E-Mix can be …

VISALIA, April 3: Pappas Telecasting Companies, the largest privately-held commercial television broadcast group in the U.S., is ending its affiliation agreement with Azteca America, noting that the Spanish-language content had not delivered significant enough ratings gains to warrant continuing the …

SYDNEY, April 3: Through a deal with BBC Worldwide Australasia, Prime Television in New Zealand has picked up the third season of the hit drama Doctor Who and the ninth season of the motoring entertainment show Top Gear. The 13×45-minute …

MONTE-CARLO, April 3: Shows from the U.S. and the U.K. lead the TV series nominees for this year’s Gold Nymph Awards, which will be presented during the 47th Monte Carlo Television Festival, taking place June 10 to 14 at the …

STOCKHOLM, April 3: Talpa Scandinavia has developed an instructional yoga format, Äntligen hälsa—yoga, for Swedish broadcaster TV4. Launching April 16, Äntligen hälsa—yoga will air every morning from Monday through Friday for 10 weeks at 5:30 a.m. on TV4 and 7 …

MUMBAI, April 3: According to wire reports, Fashion TV has been banned from India for two months because of what local authorities have deemed as content that is against “good taste and decency.” India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is …

LONDON, April 3: Arts Alliance Media (AAM), a European provider of digital film distribution services, has reached a deal to make content from the British independent distributor Revolver Entertainment available for download via its Vizumi Network. Under the deal, an …

PHILADELPHIA, April 3: Comcast Corporation is acquiring the cable systems owned and operated by Patriot Media & Communications, serving about 81,000 video subscribers in New Jersey, for $483 million in cash. Comcast is acquiring the privately owned systems from Steven …

LONDON, April 3: ITV’s executive chairman, Michael Grade, will deliver the keynote speech at RightsLab, the conference on cross-platform rights exploitation being held by the British independent producers body Pact on June 14 at the Chancery Court Hotel in London. …

LONDON/TORONTO/BURBANK, April 3: Sparrowhawk Media, DIC Entertainment and Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises are working together to launch KidsCo, a multiplatform global television channel for children and families. KidsCo begins its global rollout this year using Sparrowhawk's broadcast distribution facility in …