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ABC Picks Up Prime-Time Reality Shows from Oprah Winfrey

December 18, 2006

LOS ANGELES, December 18: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is venturing into reality television with two prime-time series for ABC to be produced by her production entity, Harpo Productions. The first new series, tentatively titled Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give, …

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PBS to Premiere Three New Pilots for Science Series

December 18, 2006

ARLINGTON, December 18: In January, PBS will broadcast three pilots, both online and on air, and will ask viewers to weigh in on their favorites. One of the pilots will become a 10-week science series that will launch in the …

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E! Scores New Asia Deals

December 18, 2006

HONG KONG, December 18: In the fourth quarter of this year, E! Networks shored up deals on more than 800 hours of content in the Asia Pacific across multiple platforms, including linear TV, VOD and mobile. Korea's O'live Channel has …

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BVITV Announces Canadian VOD Deal

December 18, 2006

TORONTO/LONDON, December 18: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has entered into its first video-on-demand deal in Canada, announcing a multi-year movie rental agreement with Rogers Cable. Under the terms of the deal, Rogers Personal TV customers with a digital box …

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Zone Club Expands Hungarian Broadcasts

December 18, 2006

LONDON, December 18: Zone Club in Hungary will extend its broadcast schedule to 24 hours a day next year, and will introduce more local programming, parent company Zonemedia announced today. The channel’s extended broadcast schedule will replace the Irisz block …

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VeneMovies Expands to Puerto Rico

December 18, 2006

MIAMI, December 18: Venevision International’s 24-hour Spanish-language movie channel VeneMovies, which launched in the U.S. in September, has expanded its reach to Puerto Rico. The pay-TV service is now available as part of the lineup on OneLink Communications, adding to …

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Broadband TV Service from Skype Founders Set for 2007 Launch

December 18, 2006

LONDON, December 18: Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, founders of the popular online telephony service Skype, are planning to launch a global broadband TV service next year, the FT reports. Friis and Zennström sold Skype to EBay for $2.6 billion …

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MTV Networks Forms Mobile Content Unit

December 18, 2006

NEW YORK, December 18: MTV Networks (MTVN) has launched MTVN Mobile Media, a new unit dedicated to ramping up the company’s mobile entertainment business. MTVN Mobile Media will manage mobile partnerships and content distribution for the company, and will support …

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Film Rights Awarded for New Peter Pan

December 18, 2006

LONDON, December 18: The film rights to the official sequel to Peter Pan have been awarded to a British consortium that includes Headline Pictures, the UK Film Council and BBC Films. The feature is to be based on Geraldine McCaughrean's …

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2waytraffic Shareholders OK Millionaire Acquisition

December 18, 2006

HILVERSUM, December 18: The shareholders of 2waytraffic have approved the company’s proposed acquisition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and other formats from the Celador International library. On December 1, 2waytraffic announced it had reached a deal to acquire …