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HONG KONG/BANGKOK, November 9: STAR, Thai pay-TV operator TrueVisions and multimedia group GMM Media have entered into a three-way joint venture for the music and youth entertainment network Channel [V] Thailand. STAR will hold a 49-percent stake in the joint …

LONDON, November 9: The BBC Natural History Unit is working with Discovery on the production of two new series of the Expedition strand for broadcast on BBC One in 2008. The two series are titled Expedition Guyana and Expedition New …

WASHINGTON/MUMBAI, November 9: TinselVision, an online VOD channel targeted at South Asian audiences, has inked a deal for the digital distribution of Bollywood films from India’s Yash Raj Films (YRF). Through the agreement, TinselVision has obtained the rights to distribute, …

TORONTO, November 9: The sports media and entertainment company Insight Sports has reached its first carriage agreement in the U.S. for the Canadian-based World Fishing Network (WFN), which will launch on Verizon FiOS TV. WFN will be available in 12 …

NEW YORK, November 9: My Damn Channel, an entertainment studio and new-media platform for content creators, has launched the Big Fat Brain Channel, which will roll out two new original comedy series: Itty Bitty Liddy and Tim After Tim. Located …

DENVER, November 9: Thought Equity Motion has launched Premier Partner Program, a new distribution system that will make its footage collection more readily available to clients in Europe and Latin America. The new distribution system will be provided in conjunction …

CALGARY, November 9: The Shaw Rocket Fund has announced that it is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Shaw Rocket Prize, which awards C$50,000 to the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program. This year, the Shaw Rocket Prize …

BURBANK, November 8: The strike by the Writers Guild of America has prompted FOX to postpone the premiere of 24 to ensure that season seven can run without repeats. 24 was slated to return to the FOX schedule on January …

BEIJING, November 8: In an effort to curb the rampant DVD piracy in China, Warner Home Video (WHV) has inked a deal to sell “competitively priced” DVDs from Paramount and DreamWorks Animation on the mainland, beginning this month. WHV will …

STUDIO CITY, November 8: Crown Media Holdings’ third-quarter loss has fallen from $84.3 million last year to $37.8 million, with a 17-percent gain in net revenue to $55.3 million, led by increases in advertising and subscriber fee revenues for the …