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PARIS, June 11: The French international news channel France 24 has launched three branded channels—in French, English and Arabic—on the video-sharing platform YouTube. France 24 content on YouTube will include top-rated shows from the service, including the best reports and …

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 …

BANFF, June 11: Program Partners has cleared Shaftesbury Films’ award-winning HD procedural drama ReGenesis in more than 75 percent of the U.S., with launch in weekly barter syndication set for this fall. The series has been cleared in stations from …

CUPERTINO, June 11: According to the Financial Times, Apple is in advanced discussions with the major Hollywood studios about launching an online film rental service. Apple already offers several features from the likes of Disney and Paramount on a download-to-own …

LONDON, June 11: The production and distribution company DLT Entertainment has sold the seventh season of the British sitcom My Family to BBC America. The seventh season, consisting of 11 30-minute episodes, is currently airing on Fridays in prime time …

NEW YORK, June 11: NBC Universal and Microsoft considered making a joint bid to acquire Dow Jones & Company, press reports indicate, to compete with News Corporation’s $5 billion bid for the Wall Street Journal publisher. According to the New …