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LONDON, April 13: Babelgum, a new global Internet TV platform, will be featuring a previously unseen documentary from acclaimed director Spike Lee at MIPTV next week, with Lee himself on hand to showcase the content, which was originally commissioned to …

LONDON, April 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will launch two new game show formats at MIPTV this month: Grand Slam, which is currently being produced by Embassy Row for GSN in the U.S., and One Year Free. Created by …

SINGAPORE, April 13: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) will lead a contingent of 21 companies to MIPTV next week with a record slate of over 50 locally produced high-definition programs ranging from factual titles to animated series. The …

ROME, April 12: Boris, the first scripted series produced by Fox Channels Italy, launches on the FOX channel on SKY Italia on Monday, April 16, at 11 p.m. The series will also be available on FoxOne, the mobile DVB-H channel …

LONDON, April 12: Entertainment Rights has licensed all 80 15-minute episodes of Postman Pat to CCTV in China for premiere this year as part of the children’s block, CCTV-kids. This marks the first time that Postman Pat will appear on …

NEW YORK, April 12: CBS Corporation today unveiled the CBS Interactive Audience Network, making selected programming available online, for free, on a host of third-party platforms, among them AOL, Microsoft, Joost, Comcast, Sling Media, Veoh, CNET Networks, Bebo, Brightcove and …

CLEVELAND/LOS ANGELES, April 12: American Greetings Properties and DIC Entertainment are adding the new Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake series to the KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS kids’ block, along with the brand-new show Sushi Pack. The three shows …

LONDON, April 12: Virgin Media has filed legal proceedings against BSkyB in the U.K.’s High Court in an attempt to resolve its dispute with the satellite platform over the loss of Sky’s basic channels on the Virgin Media cable service. …

LONDON, April 12: Guinness World Records has reached a deal to distribute its original programming on Joost, with more than 35 hours of the British show Ultimate Guinness World Records initially available worldwide via the online TV platform. Additional content …

NEW YORK, April 12: NBC News has cancelled Don Imus’s talk show on MSNBC over racially charged comments he made about the women’s basketball team at Rutgers University. MSNBC simulcasts the Imus in the Morning Talk Show that originates on …