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NEW YORK, June 12: A new report from JupiterResearch shows that while online users spend as much time on the Internet as they spend watching TV, advertisers continue to spend a disproportionate amount on print media and television advertising. The …

LONDON, June 12: In a deal with distributor RHI Entertainment, the SCI FI Channel has picked up the exclusive U.K. and Benelux pay-TV, Internet, and VOD rights to the new live-action Flash Gordon television series. Starring Smallville’s Eric Johnson as …

LOS ANGELES, June 12: The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has announced the lineup for its first annual LATV Festival in July, with showrunners and executives set to screen and discuss new episodes of Lost, The Office, Supernanny, …

TORONTO, June 12: Nerd Corps Entertainment’s new original 3-D animated series Storm Hawks will launch on mobile, online and on-demand platforms prior to its Canadian broadcast premiere this September on YTV. The 52×30-minute series will debut on Saturday, September 8, …

MUNICH, June 12: The game show Beat Your Host!, distributed by SevenOne International, achieved record ratings on ProSieben over the weekend, peaking at a 63.3-percent share, with a 31.5-percent average share, in the 14 to 49 demographic. A total of …

LOS ANGELES, June 11: Fox Soccer Channel has expanded its relationship with England’s Barclays Premier League to cover the exclusive U.S. mobile and Internet highlight rights for the league’s soccer games during the 2007-2008 through 2009-2010 seasons. The new deal …

LOS ANGELES, June 11: Yahoo! has launched omg!, a new celebrity website, with the entertainment TV news show Access Hollywood signing on as the portal’s primary content provider. Access Hollywood will supply omg! with at least five original stories and …

HONG KONG, June 11: Granada International has sold the second season of the culinary reality series Hell’s Kitchen USA, hosted by Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay, to a slew of broadcasters throughout Asia. TVB in Hong Kong launched the series on …

TORONTO/LONDON, June 11: VOOM HD Networks will premiere a selection of DECODE Entertainment’s original animated and live-action series in high definition in the U.S. on its kids- and family-targeted channels Animania HD and Family Room HD. The new 26×22-minute CGI …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, June 11: Bejuba! Entertainment and Studio B Entertainment have appointed Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) to handle the U.S. licensing and merchandising activities for the new animated comedic series Ricky Sprocket, which will be unveiled this month at …