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LONDON, January 8: The ABC series Ugly Betty, distributed by Buena Vista International Television, launched on Channel 4 on Friday night and attracted the third-highest audience for a U.S. series on the channel in the past decade, after the debut …

LONDON, January 8: The Latin American sales team of FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold the comedy format Three’s Company to two broadcasters in the region, Chile-based Megavision and Ecuador-based Ecuavision. Local production company Roos Film will produce 50 episodes of the …

LONDON/SANTA MONICA, January 8: Genius Products has reached long-term agreements with Entertainment Rights (ER) and Classic Media, which ER is in the process of acquiring, for the distribution, co-production and co-financing of home video and video game productions for family, …

HOLLYWOOD, January 8: International Broadcast Communications and Hopscotch Entertainment have signed an eight-year deal to distribute Midnight Movies, an 80-minute documentary on cult films, throughout Australia. The exclusive agreement was initiated by IBC’s London representative, Alessio diCapua and gives the …

LOS ANGELES, January 8: MySpace will collaborate with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to honor premium broadband content on the Internet. MySpace will serve as the exclusive online partner to the 2007 Broadband Emmy Awards submissions, encouraging …

HOUSTON, January 8: Crown Castle International’s Modeo subsidiary has launched a live, commercial quality mobile TV beta service in New York City after more than three years of development. The Modeo service includes live video content from, among others, Fox …

OVERLAND PARK, January 8: Sprint becomes the first U.S. carrier to announce more than one million customers with mobile video capability across its Power Vision and Vision networks spanning 8,700 cities and communities nationwide. In 2003, Sprint was the first …

TORONTO, January 8: Rogers OMNI Television, the multicultural Canadian broadcaster, is working with Beijing-based Western Movie Group and Toronto’s Goldspin on the Mandarin-language drama series Once Upon a Time in Toronto. With production set to begin next month, the 20×1-hour …

OTTAWA, January 8: Amberwood Productions has licensed its hit animated series The Secret World of Benjamin Bear to Denmark’s DRTV. The Danish broadcaster licensed all 39 half-hour episodes of the series, which was commissioned by Canada’s Family Channel and has …

LAS VEGAS, January 8: The high-definition DVD format war continues, with HD DVD supporters claiming that its movie title sales will exceed $600 million in North America this year. The North American HD DVD Promotional Group also noted that more …