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KNOXVILLE, March 5: Scripps Networks has signed an agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) that will provide rural American telephone companies with its suite of lifestyle programming. Under the agreement, NRTC members will receive programming from HGTV, Food …

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, …

LONDON, March 5: Virgin Media said today that it will pursue legal action against BSkyB if their carriage dispute for five Sky-branded networks is not resolved within 30 days. Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports …

CULVER CITY, March 5: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced a promotion and an expansion of duties for two members of its international networks group, Superna Kalle and George Chan. Kalle has been upped to senior VP with oversight …

NEW YORK, March 5: Nielsen Wireless and Interactive Services has released a new report showing that the number of video game consoles in U.S. television households has jumped by 18.5 percent since the fourth quarter of 2004 to 45.7 million, …

LOS ANGELES, March 5: The Hispanic-targeted bilingual music and entertainment channel LATV has signed on its fifth Post-Newsweek Stations affiliate, WJXT, in Jacksonville, Florida, marking the network’s 30th affiliation. WJXT will begin broadcasting LATV on March 20 on digital channel …

LONDON, March 5: Just a few days since announcing a landmark agreement with YouTube, the BBC has inked another deal in the new media sector, signing an alliance with IBM for several projects, beginning with one for CBeebies and CBBC. …