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NEW YORK/DUBAI, May 3: United Arab Emirates-based Al Ahli Group (AAG) has reached a long-term agreement with Nickelodeon to feature the kids’ brand and its hit properties in its new theme park in Dubai, which will open in 2011. Several …

LONDON, May 3: Sony Pictures Television International’s AXN brand has passed the 1-million subscriber mark in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. With a slate that includes series like The Shield, Homicide and Highlander; reality shows including Amazing Race and Survivor; …

PARIS, May 3: At a press conference in Paris, the 47th Monte-Carlo TV Festival and Eurodata TV Worldwide announced the nominees for the second annual International TV Audience Awards, with six of the nominated programs hailing from the U.S. The …

LONDON, May 2: The U.K.-based entertainment rights company Entara has reached a co-production deal with March Entertainment for the new animated adventure series Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist. Entara is currently seeking worldwide broadcast partners for the series, which will consist …

LUCERNE, May 2: The Rose d’Or Festival has announced the lineup of 19 jury members for the 47th edition of the festival, which will take place in Lucerne in Switzerland from May 5 to 9. The 19 jury members will …

LONDON, May 2: BBC Vision, the British public broadcaster’s multiplatform commissioning and content group, has named Nick Betts, previously with NBC Universal, as its head of commercial and business development. Reporting to Bal Samra, the director of BBC Vision operation …

NEW YORK, May 2: Time Warner’s profit for the first quarter of this year slipped 18 percent to $1.2 billion, despite a 9-percent gain in revenues to $11.2 billion. At AOL, revenues fell 25 percent to $1.5 billion, due to …

NEW YORK, May 2: News Corporation, which is gearing up to launch its FOX Business Channel in the fourth quarter of this year, has confirmed that it has made a $5-billion offer to acquire the business and financial news provider …

LONDON, May 2: BSkyB is hailing the success of its triple-play “See, Speak, Surf” initiative for the nine months that ended March 31, 2007, with net customer growth of 51,000, a 28-percent gain on the year-ago period, bringing the platform’s …

NEW YORK, May 2: The Dolan family has reached an agreement to take Cablevision Systems Corporation private for $36.26 per share. The price of $36.26 per share represents a 34 percent premium on the Dolan Family Group's initial $27.00 per …