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LONDON, May 21: As of today, WorldTV has begun delivering a bouquet of seven South Asian channels, including the leading entertainment networks Sony Entertainment Television Asia and Star Plus, to viewers across continental Europe, excluding the U.K. and Ireland. The …

LONDON, May 21: Indian entertainment giant Eros International has launched a channel on YouTube featuring trailers and music videos from its catalogue of Bollywood releases. Accessible at www.youtube.com/erosentertainment, the channel delivers movie trailers, music videos and other footage from Eros …

LONDON, May 21: BBC Food has acquired a raft of new culinary series for premiere on its African feed this winter, including Cooked: Weekends Away, which is set in southern Africa. Produced by Cooked In Africa Films, Cooked: Weekends Away …

LOS ANGELES, May 18: Vivendi Visual Entertainment (V V E), the home entertainment division of Universal Music Group Distribution, has reached a multi-year deal to launch a line of one-hour DVDs for the PBS children’s series Mustard Pancakes. The first …

DULLES, May 18: The critically acclaimed one-hour primetime mystery series History Detectives, co-produced by Lion Television in the U.K. and Oregon Public Broadcasting, returns to PBS for a fifth season in June. The fifth season will premiere on Monday, June …

TORONTO, May 18: The Canadian channel OLN, together with the Toronto-based Peace Point Entertainment Group, have begun production on the second season of the original reality series Ed’s Up, featuring Ed Robertson, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated band Barenaked …

SILVER SPRING, May 18: In an effort to focus on e-commerce and licensing partnerships, Discovery Communications has announced that it will shutter all of its 103 mall-based and stand-alone Discovery Channel Stores by the end of the third quarter of …

BAGHDAD, May 18: Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were ambushed and killed as they drove home from the network's Baghdad bureau. In a statement posted on the ABC News website, ABC News president David Westin said that the …

LONDON, May 18: Five has beat out the BBC in acquiring the British rights to the hit Australian soap Neighbours from FremantleMedia Enterprises. Neighbours will premiere on Five’s main channel and digital offering Five Life in 2008. Airing on Australia’s …

CANNES/SANTA MONICA, May 18: StudioCanal-owned Optimum Releasing and Lionsgate U.K. have formed a joint venture to acquire U.K.-based DVD distributor Elevation Sales. The acquisition will become operational in September, and the company will retain the name Elevation Sales and its …