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MUNICH, April 2: In a deal brokered by SevenOne International, ProSieben’s science-magazine program Galileo has been licensed to Polish broadcaster TV4. The Polish version will run under the German title and use material produced by TV4 in addition to material …

MEXICO CITY, March 30: Televisa has sold its 11.4 percent stake in Hispanic broadcaster Univision Communications for $1.094 billion. This follows the completion of $12.3 billion sale of Univision to a group of investors that includes Saban Capital Group, Madison …

LONDON, March 30: The FA has confirmed that ITV and Setanta will be its exclusive U.K. broadcast partners for The FA Cup and England national soccer matches for a four-year period starting from August 2008 through July 2012. The new …

REM, March 30: In a multi-year agreement, T-Online Hungary has secured the online video-on-demand rights to a number of classic and recent Warner Bros. films for distribution in Hungary, including the Oscar-winning The Departed, beginning in April. Under the deal …

NEW YORK, March 30: NBC Universal and News Corporation have appointed AOL’s Advertising.com as the advertising management partner for their new online video site. Last week, NBC Universal and News Corp. unveiled plans for a free site that will feature …

AMSTERDAM, March 30: Starting April 16, UPC Netherlands will be offering video on demand for digital TV, the first such service in the Dutch market. UPC currently offers a limited near-video-on-demand (NVOD) service, where a small number of films can …

LONDON, March 30: BSkyB has launched a test version of SkyCast, a video-sharing site that will link user-generated content with Sky’s programming. SkyCast, powered by Google’s syndicated video content tool, will allow users to upload video clips. In addition, BSkyB …

NEW YORK, March 30: In a five-year carriage agreement brokered through its subsidiary Firestone Communications, Juniper Content Corporation’s ¡Sorpresa!, the Hispanic children’s network, will launch on OneLink Communications system, the largest cable operator in Puerto Rico. ¡Sorpresa! joins the platform’s …

LOS ANGELES, March 30: Canadian broadcaster YTV has renewed Apartment 11 Productions’ live-action kids reality series Prank Patrol, distributed by MarVista Entertainment, for a third season of 26 new half-hour episodes premiering this fall. In addition, the series has also …

NEW YORK/DALLAS, March 30: Defiance Distribution and HDNet have agreed to a pact that will allow Defiance to market and distribute the high-definition channel’s original news and entertainment series. The alliance begins with more than 120 hours of new programming, …