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OVERLAND PARK/TEMPE, January 12: With the new season of 24 set to launch on FOX this weekend, Sprint has announced that sneak peeks of this season’s episodes will be available to its subscribers, while McFarlane Toys has unveiled two action …

LOS ANGELES, January 12: Dress My Nest, Style Network’s new series that uses people’s favorite clothing as an inspiration for interior design, is set to launch on March 28. Hosted by Thom Filicia, the interior designer from Queer Eye For …

PASADENA, January 12: Mark Burnett will executive produce the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, taking place June 3 in Los Angeles, with MTV set to air the event live for the first time. "Mark has great ideas and vision for the …

LOS ANGELES, January 12: Marion Edwards has been promoted to the newly created position of president of international television at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, effective immediately. Edwards will continue to report to Mark Kaner, the president of Twentieth Century …

MONTREAL, January 12: Distraction is launching the Mediaset game show format Guess Who?, broadcast on Canale 5, at NATPE next week. The brainchild of Antonio Ricci, Guess Who? has already been picked up Spain’s Telecinco. The format combines contestants and …

BETHPAGE, January 12: The Dolan family has raised its bid to take Cablevision Systems Corporation private, offering the company’s public shareholders $30 per share versus the $27 per share proposal that was rejected in October 2006. The all-cash offer of …

TORONTO, January 12: Ellis Releasing will unveil several new original productions at NATPE, led by the anthology series Enigma. Enigma is an on-going series of one-hour episodes probing investigations of the unexplained. The 4×1-hour Tank Overhaul explores the world of …

LONDON, January 12: The U.K.’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said that BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9-percent stake in ITV warrants further investigation. The OFT is seeking comments from “interested third parties” on whether the £940-million acquisition, announced in …

MEXICO CITY, January 12: TV Azteca will launch eight high definition films at NATPE, including Esperanza, a tale of an unattractive single woman who becomes her neighbor’s muse for a new telenovela. In Bodas de Oro, a couple announces their …

BURBANK, January 12: On March 1, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment will launch Chiller, a 24-hour horror network, with a carriage deal already in place with DIRECTV. In announcing the new channel, Jeff Gaspin, the president of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, …