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SYDNEY/BRIGHTON, March 2: At the BBC Showcase in Brighton, BBC Worldwide announced that it had secured a deal with Korean mobile television broadcaster TU Media for Top Gear and had licensed more than 300 hours of lifestyle content into New …

SYDNEY, March 2: Paramount Home Entertainment has secured the Australasian DVD rights for the 130×30-minute preschool series Raggs from Southern Star International. Paramount will release the Raggs DVD to complement the recent rollout of Universal Music’s Raggs audio CD Let’s …

BURBANK, March 2: Kevin Reilly has signed a new, multi-year deal to continue as president of NBC Entertainment, a position that he has held for nearly three years. Reilly, who was named president of NBC Entertainment in May 2004, was …

TOKYO, March 2: Harry Tanaka has been promoted to VP of sales at Buena Vista International Television Japan (BVITV-J), reporting to Paul Candland, the SVP and MD of Walt Disney Television International Japan. In his new role, based in Tokyo, …

NEW YORK, March 2: Viacom saw traffic to its MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon websites increase over the past few weeks, since it ordered YouTube to remove about 100,000 of its clips after the two companies failed to reach a …

LOS ANGELES, March 1: Fox Broadcasting Company today announced plans to make several of its prime-time series available on a download-to-own and free streaming basis on its affiliates’ websites, expanding the Fox on Demand platform to more than 200 stations. …

LONDON, March 1: BSkyB’s five basic channels were pulled from Virgin Media last night after the two companies were unable to come to an agreement on the terms of a new carriage deal. As a result, Virgin Media’s 3 million …

LONDON, March 1: A restructuring at MTV Networks International will result in the elimination of 250 jobs, the Viacom-owned operation said today, as part of a move to focus on high-growth businesses and markets and boost operating margins. Among those …

HAMILTON, March 1: Central European Media Enterprises has announced fourth quarter revenues of $214.3 million, a 41 percent gain, while full-year revenues grew 50 percent to $603.1 million. Net income for the quarter, however, fell 24 percent to $26.2 million …

LONDON, March 1: ITV has admitted that it inadvertently overcharged viewers who used the red button on their Sky set-top boxes to vote for contestants on the last season of The X Factor. Between October 14 and December 16, viewers …