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LONDON, February 28: The music VOD service i-concerts has secured a U.K. distribution deal making its programming available on the upcoming global broadband content platform Joost. Joost will feature approximately 20 hours of i-concerts programming that will be refreshed regularly. …

SYDNEY, February 28: Disney Channel Australia has commissioned a new original comedy series As the Bell Rings, which will premiere in Australia and New Zealand later this year. Disney Channel has commissioned FremantleMedia to produce the pilot of the show, …

BRIGHTON, February 28: Australia’s Network Ten has acquired BBC Worldwide’s 13×50-minute drama Torchwood, and has committed to the second season that is currently in production. Torchwood is about an international team of investigators led by Captain Jack Harkness, an American …

LOS ANGELES, February 28: Cookie Jar Entertainment’s animated series Johnny Test will return to Kids’ WB! on The CW for a third season consisting of 13 additional episodes. The new episodes of the series are being produced for the network’s …

NEW YORK, February 27: CBS Corporation has reported a fourth-quarter profit of $335 million, versus last year’s loss of $9.1 billion, while full-year profit rose to $1.7 billion from a $7.1 billion loss for 2005. "CBS' first year out of …

LONDON, February 27: The BBC Trust has given its provisional approval to Freesat, the public broadcaster’s proposed free digital satellite service. The BBC has drawn up a plan for Freesat to be operated as a joint venture with the U.K.’s …

DURHAM, February 27: Motricity, a provider of mobile content services, today announced the completion of $50 million in equity funding from billionaire investor Carl Icahn. Motricity also announced the appointment of Brett Icahn, an investment analyst with Icahn Associates and …

LONDON, February 27: A poll commissioned by the British independent producers association Pact has shown that parents in the U.K. place a high value on locally produced content for their kids. The poll, conducted by YouGov, sampled 2,551 adults across …

NEW YORK, February 27: Viacom’s Comedy Central network will launch Web Shows, a new on-air half-hour late-night series featuring original broadband programming from its website and from AtomFilms, on March 5 at 2 a.m. The new series marks the network’s …

LONDON, February 27: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has acquired the rights to two new drama series from Toronto- and Los Angeles-based production outfit Blueprint Entertainment: Love You To Death and The Best Years, both of which will be launched at MIPTV. …