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NEW YORK, March 5: The first high-definition episode from Comedy Central’s hit animated series South Park is available through the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for viewing on the Xbox 360 platform, beginning today. The episode, “Good Times With Weapons,” is available …

NEW YORK, March 6: Verizon FiOS TV has reached a deal to offer its subscribers access to more than 200 feature films in Spanish, Chinese and Hindi over the next three years, via an alliance with SIVOO, an IPTV network …

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA, March 6: MTV Tr3s will document the nationwide search to recreate the popular Latin pop group Menudo in the 4×30-minute series Road to Menudo, which will debut on May 12. The MTV Tr3s series will air in …

NEW YORK, March 6: For the first time, this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be broadcast live on VH1 Classic and MTV Networks’ HD music channel MHD, and will also be streamed live without commercial …

HENDERSONVILLE, March 6: Tennessee-based BlueHighways TV, a network that explores the people, stories, traditions and music of America, will launch its 24/7 linear channel on March 11 with Bresnan Communications, after previously being available solely on the platform’s on-demand service. …

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 …