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NEW YORK, March 5: MY Entertainment Company, a production and distribution firm headed up by Carat Entertainment executive Michael Yudin, has secured the international distribution and format rights to the first two seasons of Spike TV’s Pros vs. Joes. Yudin …

UNIVERSAL CITY, March 5: Atsushi Miyasaka has been named VP and sales liaison for Japan at NBC Universal International Television Distribution. Miyasaka reports to Haydn Arndt, the VP and sales liaison at NBC Universal International Television Distribution, and Justin Che, …

LONDON, March 5: Virgin Media said today that it will pursue legal action against BSkyB if their carriage dispute for five Sky-branded networks is not resolved within 30 days. Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports …

CULVER CITY, March 5: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced a promotion and an expansion of duties for two members of its international networks group, Superna Kalle and George Chan. Kalle has been upped to senior VP with oversight …

NEW YORK, March 5: Nielsen Wireless and Interactive Services has released a new report showing that the number of video game consoles in U.S. television households has jumped by 18.5 percent since the fourth quarter of 2004 to 45.7 million, …

LOS ANGELES, March 5: The Hispanic-targeted bilingual music and entertainment channel LATV has signed on its fifth Post-Newsweek Stations affiliate, WJXT, in Jacksonville, Florida, marking the network’s 30th affiliation. WJXT will begin broadcasting LATV on March 20 on digital channel …

LONDON, March 5: Just a few days since announcing a landmark agreement with YouTube, the BBC has inked another deal in the new media sector, signing an alliance with IBM for several projects, beginning with one for CBeebies and CBBC. …

ACTON/MUNICH, March 5: SeaChange International’s On Demand Group (ODG) has teamed with Tele München Gruppe (TMG) for a joint venture that will deliver on-demand content and pay-per-view services on multiple platforms in the German market. On Demand Deutschland, based in …

SAN DIEGO/TAIPEI, March 5: QUALCOMM Incorporated is set to trial its MediaFLO mobile TV technology in Taiwan, working with cable platform China Network Systems (CNS) and the commercial broadcasting group Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV). Expected to begin this month, the …

TORONTO, March 5: Canada’s Competition Bureau has ruled that it will not challenge CTVglobemedia’s (CTVgm) acquisition of CHUM Limited. The $1.5-billion deal announced in July by CTVglobemedia—known as Bell Globemedia until its January 1 rebranding—is still pending approval by the …