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PARIS/MADRID, February 8: Telefónica is working with Alcatel-Lucent on a pilot service in Spain delivering interactive TV, radio and music to mobile handsets. The tests started in early October 2006 and are scheduled to run for six months. The service …

MELBOURNE, February 8: Seven Network, Network Ten and FOXTEL today announced the rights-sharing agreement to carry matches from the Australian Football League on free- and pay-TV from 2007 to 2011. In January 2006, Seven and TEN accepted the AFL's terms …

TORONTO, February 8: In its second straight deal with Mark Burnett Productions, CTV has acquired the Canadian broadcast rights to the new reality series Pirate Master: The Adventure Begins, for premiere this summer. CTV’s deal with Mark Burnett Productions comes …

MONACO, February 8: A third ballroom has been added to the exhibition space at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa for SPORTELAmerica 2007, taking place March 12-14. Among the registered exhibitors for the three-day affair are Fox Sports International, Globo …

MIAMI/NEW YORK, February 8: Nickelodeon Latin America has picked up the rights to two animated properties from Breakthrough Entertainment: Captain Flamingo and Jimmy Two Shoes. Captain Flamingo is set for a spring premiere, followed by Jimmy Two Shoes in the …

SEOUL, February 8: Sony Pictures Television International has appointed Soojin Chung as the executive director of licensing in Korea, heading up a new office in Seoul that opens this month. Chung, previously the head of sales for Korea at Buena …

HILVERSUM, February 8: John de Mol’s Talpa Media Group has set up an international distribution division to exploit its completed productions and its formats. The launch of Talpa Content follows the recent American deal on the format The Golden Cage …

BURBANK, February 8: The Walt Disney Company, driven by DVD sales, the performance of its cable networks and the sale of its stake in E! Networks, has recorded a first-quarter profit of $1.7 billion, more than double the $734 million …

LOS ANGELES, February 8: Da Vinci’s Inquest, the award-winning Canadian crime drama syndicated in the U.S. by Program Partners, has been renewed for a third year in 98 percent of the country. The show will return this fall with all …

NEW YORK, February 8: News Corporation has confirmed its long speculated plans for a business news network, with FOX Business Channel slated to launch in 30 million homes in the fourth quarter of this year. The network will be developed …