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NEW YORK/BURBANK, April 4: Time Warner Cable and The Walt Disney Company today announced a wide-ranging new agreement that covers retransmission consent for ABC-owned stations, carriage of a broad range of cable networks, including several HD offerings, as well as …

DUBAI/BURBANK, April 4: Emirates Cable TV and Multimedia (E-Vision) has entered into a deal to bring feature films from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) to its subscribers in the United Arab Emirates on a pay-per-view basis, beginning this month. …

LOS ANGELES, April 4: MTV Networks’ Spike TV has greenlit MANswers, a new 9×30-minute original late-night comedic series for premiere this fall. Produced by Super Delicious LLP and Fujisankei Communications International, each episode of MANswers uses re-enactments, expert one-on-ones and …

LONDON, April 4: The upcoming Concert for Diana, set for July 1 at Wembley Stadium, is expected to reach 500 million homes worldwide, with Grand Entertainment, which is handling the TV rights, notching up slots with a host of broadcasters, …

TORONTO, April 4: Jetix Europe has acquired the pay-TV, TV distribution, home video and consumer products rights for Europe and the Middle East to the second season of Breakthrough Animation’s Captain Flamingo. Jetix Europe’s consumer products division JCP (Jetix Consumer …

LONDON, April 4: Entara Limited has reached an agreement with Taffy Entertainment to take over the television distribution responsibilities for its multi-Emmy Award-winning 3-D animated series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, effective immediately. The announcement follows the creation of …

LONDON, April 3: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has licensed a number of its hit international formats to broadcasters in Greece, including Got Talent, Betty La Fea, The X Factor, Let’s Make A Deal and Distraction. Antenna in Greece has acquired the …

ENGLEWOOD/MOUNTAIN VIEW, April 3: Google is teaming with EchoStar Communications Corporation to sell advertising time on DISH Network's 125 national satellite networks. Google will have access to a portion of DISH Network's advertising inventory that spans across all channels and …

TORONTO, April 3: Shaftesbury Sales Company has completed a new round of international deals for its 52×30-minute live action family-comedy series Life with Derek, including a renewal of the third season by Disney Channels in the U.S., Italy, Germany, Latin …

LONDON, April 3: Arqiva Limited, owned by Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures, has agreed to a £2.5-billion deal to take control of National Grid Wireless, which provides broadcast transmission services for BBC television and radio, hosts wireless sites for major mobile …