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LONDON/STOCKHOLM, March 6: In a deal reached with Viasat Broadcasting, MGM has licensed its library of James Bond films—including last year’s Casino Royale—to Viasat’s TV3 for broadcast in Sweden and Norway. The deal covers all 21 of the movies in …

ENGLEWOOD, March 6: Starz Entertainment will launch its new weekly comedy block The Starz Comedy Hour at 11 p.m. on April 18, featuring original episodes from series such as Head Case, Martin Lawrence's 1st Amendment Stand-up and The Bronx Bunny …

NEW YORK, March 6: V-me, the Spanish-language television network presented by public television stations across the U.S., launched yesterday in 28 million homes featuring content from, among others, Scripps Networks and HIT Entertainment. Headlining V-me's prime-time schedule is the network's …

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 …

PALISADES PARK, March 5: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has secured the exclusive international distribution rights, excluding Latin America and the Middle East, for two new series from the International Fight League (IFL): IFL Fight Night and IFL Battleground. Co-founded by …

MUNICH, March 5: March of Millions, the two-part drama mini-series from teamWorx and EOS about the fate of East-Prussian refugees during World War II, has garnered record ratings in Germany, with public broadcaster ARD tallying 11.2 million viewers and averaging …

NEW YORK, March 5: MY Entertainment Company, a production and distribution firm headed up by Carat Entertainment executive Michael Yudin, has secured the international distribution and format rights to the first two seasons of Spike TV’s Pros vs. Joes. Yudin …

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, …