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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA, April 17: Comcast has entered into a distribution and content provision deal with News Corporation and NBC Universal for their recently announced online video venture. Comcast.net and Fancast.com have been added to the slate of distribution partners for …

CANNES, April 17: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has cleared a number of new broadcast sales for this year’s 56th Annual Miss Universe Pageant, which will air live on NBC and Telemundo from Mexico City on May 28. The 2007 …

PRINCETON, April 17: SES Americom has entered into deals with Comcast Networks, Fox Cable Networks, NBC Universal, Showtime Networks and Turner Broadcasting System for its soon-to-be-launched IPTV platform IP-PRIME, which now features more than 350 channels. Currently providing beta trial …

CANNES, April 17: VOOM HD Networks has inked a carriage agreement with Orbit Communications to launch its VOOM HD channel in the Middle East. The agreement, brokered by Zonemedia, sees the launch of the first HD channel in the region. …

CANNES, April 17: At MIPTV today, the BBC, BBC Worldwide and Bob Geldof announced plans for the Dictionary of Man, a multiplatform initiative intended to record every human society on the planet. The project will use every available medium to …

MIAMI, April 17: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted T.C. Schultz to executive VP and managing director for Latin America, reporting to Michael Grindon, the president of SPTI. In his new role, based in Miami, Schultz will be responsible …

LONDON, April 17: European digital film distributor Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has reached a deal to bring content from Twentieth Century Fox to its Vizumi Network on both download-to-rent and download-to-own bases. New release titles available for download to own …

NEW YORK/KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, April 17: A&E Television Networks has formed a joint venture with Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Networks to roll out branded channels and services across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The venture, AETN All Asia Networks, will …

LOS ANGELES, April 17: Just a few weeks since its launch, Showtime’s The Tudors has been renewed for a second season, as has This American Life. Showtime has ordered a further 10 episodes of the critically acclaimed The Tudors, which …

CANNES, April 17: Leading interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts is working with Endemol for Virtual Me, a new digital entertainment concept—intended to bridge the divide between traditional TV and video games—that gives users a new way to participate with …