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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 …

HILVERSUM, March 5: Endemol announced today that its chief operating officer, Tom Barnicoat, is stepping down with immediate effect. The format giant said the move was a mutual agreement by Barnicoat and the Endemol management board. His responsibilities will be …

LONDON, March 2: Bollywood giant Eros International has signed an agreement for a range of its feature films to air on the Indian entertainment channel Sony Entertainment Television, including the recent hit Salaam-E-Ishq. The package deal also covers Lage Raho …

BURBANK, March 2: A new Spider-Man animated series, tentatively titled The Amazing Spider-Man, from Sony Pictures Television’s Culver Entertainment, is scheduled to premiere on Kids' WB! on The CW in the early part of 2008. Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, The Batman) …

UNTERFOEHRING, March 2: EM.Entertainment is making a selection of its kids’ programming available on ProSiebenSat.1’s VOD portal maxdome, including titles such as Vicky the Viking, Pippi Longstocking and Heidi. Starting from today, viewers may access nearly 100 EM.Entertainment titles on …

TORONTO, March 2: Broadband IPTV service JumpTV, which delivers a slate of foreign-language content, has inked a deal to make a “significant portion” of its VOD offerings available on the new Joost platform. JumpTV currently broadcasts news, entertainment, music and …

LONDON, March 2: Entara has reached a global deal with Nickelodeon for its new CGI series Those Scurvy Rascals, a 26×3.5-minute show that is slated to begin airing this spring. The deal covers the on-air, online and digital mobile rights …