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MEXICO CITY, September 6: TV Universal de Honduras’s Canal 30 has bagged the rights to air Bellezas Indomables, a new telenovela from Mexico’s TV Azteca. Bellezas Indomables centers around three beautiful and courageous sisters, who, after the death of their …

NEW YORK, September 6: CBS Corporation has reached an agreement to acquire SignStorey, which distributes video programming and advertising content to retail stores, for $71.5 million in cash. Upon completion of the transaction, slated for the fourth quarter of this …

RALEIGH/NEW YORK, September 6: Lulu Enterprises, a North Carolina-based digital marketplace for content owners, has filed a lawsuit against Hulu, the new video destination from News Corporation and NBC Universal, citing “trademark infringement, unfair and deceptive trade practices and federal …

BURBANK, September 6: In the spring of next year, Warner Bros. Entertainment will launch T-Works, an online destination bringing together all the key characters from the studio’s core animated properties. T-Works, which will be ad supported, marks the first time …

BURBANK, September 6: Blockbuster customers will have access to an exclusive, specially-made DVD featuring an advance look at the premiere episodes of NBC's new fall dramas Chuck, Journeyman, and Life, as well as a two-minute sneak preview of Bionic Woman. …

LONDON/NEW YORK, September 6: BBC Worldwide America will produce Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, the U.S. version of the BBC dance competition format DanceX, for premiere this winter on ABC. Drew Lachey, winner of the second season of Dancing …

WASHINGTON, September 6: NASA and Discovery Communications have teamed up for a variety of on- and off-air activities throughout 2008 to commemorate the space program's 50th anniversary. The space agency, which was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Act, …

HILVERSUM, September 6: Ericsson has entered into a global alliance with Endemol to develop interactive TV and user-generated content for its Me-On-TV technology, which has already been used by Endemol in the Netherlands for the reality series Big Brother. Under …

ROME, September 6: Nat Geo Wild, a 24-hour natural history channel from National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), will launch on SKY Italia in October. Nat Geo Wild will offer high-quality, blue-chip programming that takes viewers on intimate encounters with exotic …

SINGAPORE, September 6: ESPN Star Sports has secured broadcast deals in the U.K. and Ireland with BSkyB and Independent Music Group for the first edition of the ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament in September. BSkyB has acquired the exclusive English-language …