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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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Turner Broadcasting System Acquires Claxson Networks

December 15, 2006

ATLANTA, December 15: Turner Broadcasting System has reached a deal to acquire seven pay-TV networks in Latin America from Claxson Interactive Group for about $235 million. TBS, Inc. will acquire Fashion TV, HTV, Infinito, I.Sat, MuchMusic, Retro and Space, which …

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ProSiebenSat.1 Confirms KKR/Permira Deal

December 15, 2006

MUNICH, December 15: ProSiebenSat.1 Media has confirmed the acquisition of a majority stake in the company by Lavena Holding 4 GmbH, which is controlled by funds advised by KKR and Permira. Upon completion of the deal with the Haim Saban-led …

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Warner Bros. to Invest in Video Games Publisher

December 15, 2006

BURBANK, December 15: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is acquiring a 10.3-percent stake in the U.K.’s SCi Entertainment Group, the parent company of the video game publishing label Eidos Interactive. Further, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and SCi have entered into …

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CBS Corporation Launches CBS Records

December 15, 2006

NEW YORK, December 15: CBS Corporation has revived the CBS Records label, which will build awareness for its artists by integrating their music into CBS television series. CBS Records first launched in 1938 and over the course of five decades …

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NATPE Mobile++ Announces Lineup

December 15, 2006

LOS ANGELES, December 15: Peter Cowley, the managing director of digital media at Endemol U.K.; Cyriac Roeding, CBS Digital Media’s VP of wireless; and Gary Carter, the chief creative officer of FMX, FremantleMedia, will deliver keynote addresses at NATPE Mobile++ …

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Extras, Rome Return to HBO in January

December 15, 2006

NEW YORK, December 15: The second season of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s Extras, and the second and final season of the drama Rome, will launch on HBO on January 14. Extras will air on Sundays at 10 p.m. for …

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BVITV Announces Japanese On-Demand Deal

December 15, 2006

TOKYO, December 15: Movies from Buena Vista International Television will be made available on an on-demand basis on Japan’s GyaO, the ad-supported broadband entertainment service operated by USEN Corporation. This agreement, which kicks off today, will give GyaO users free …

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FremantleMedia Inks Sony Latin American Deal

December 15, 2006

LONDON, December 15: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has licensed more than 100 hours of programming to Sony Entertainment Television (SET) for broadcast across Latin America, including Brazil and the Caribbean. Included in the sale is Falcon Beach, the family drama commissioned …