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LOS ANGELES, May 24: Kabillion, the multiplatform kids’ service, will debut the new animated action-adventure comedy series I Got A Rocket! on June 1 on both Kabillion On-Demand, available on Comcast Cable, and its broadband site. Prior to the series …

HARRINGTON PARK, May 24: Janson Media is offering up Grace Kelly: The American Princess on DVD as part of its Hollywood Collection, an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999. …

LONDON, May 24: In an exclusive deal with the Miss World Organization and Zeal Television, Challenge, the Virgin Media-owned game show entertainment channel, will bring the first-ever broadcast of the two-hour final of the Mr World event to U.K. television …

LONDON, May 24: Discovery U.K. has promoted Keith Underwood from head of U.K. strategy to the newly created role of VP commercial controller for Discovery Communications Europe U.K., reporting directly to Dan Brooke, Discovery U.K.’s general manager. In his new …

LONDON, May 24: The U.K.’s Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alastair Darling, has ruled that BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9 percent stake in ITV warrants further investigation by the Competition Commission. Last month, the U.K.’s Office of Fair …

NEW YORK, May 24: CBS Interactive is partnering with leading community-building websites and social application providers in order to allow users of the CBS Audience Network to embed clips from the network’s content into their profiles, websites, blogs and community …

LOS ANGELES, May 24: Dermot Horan, the director of broadcast and acquisitions at Irish terrestrial RTE, tells World Screen Newsflash about what he thinks of some of the new shows being showcased at the L.A. Screenings. While Horan is reluctant …

TOKYO, May 24: The CBS drama Criminal Minds is set to air in Japan for the first time, via a deal between Disney-ABC International Television (Japan) and WOWOW. The hit drama is slated to launch on WOWOW in July 2007. …

LOS ANGELES, May 24: Several new network dramas and comedies from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution have made it onto CanWest’s 2007-2008 schedule, including the new comedy Back to You. The series is slated to launch on FOX in the …

LONDON, May 24: The media investment and advisory group Ingenious Media Active Capital has shelled out £5.34 million for a controlling stake in the interactive TV production company Two Way TV. The funds will be used to bolster Two Way …