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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 …

MUNICH, March 5: Sat.1’s novela That’s Life, distributed by SevenOne International, has been delivering market shares of up to 52.9 percent on France’s TF1, which has moved the show to a later time slot. Airing as Le destin de Lisa, …

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 …