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MUNICH, March 14: On September 1, Premiere will launch its new Premiere Sky satellite TV service, which will be led by former NBC Universal Global Networks Germany chief Wolfram Winter as managing director. Premiere Sky will bundle existing and new …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/EMERYVILLE, March 14: NBC Universal and MobiTV today announced a deal to make full-length prime-time on-demand programming available to wireless subscribers, including NBC’s Heroes and SCI FI’s Battlestar Galactica. Consumers will be able to access full episodes of select …

ATLANTA, March 14: A new legal drama from Steven Bochco and Ridley Scott’s limited series The Company, as well as a raft of other projects, headline TNT’s new original programming production and development slate. "Our strategy with original series is …

LONDON, March 14: Buena Vista International Television has closed a multi-year VOD movie rental deal with Germany’s T-Com, the online video on demand offering from Deutsche Telekom. Effective immediately, customers will be able to access Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead …

NEW YORK, March 14: NBC Universal’s Bravo channel has acquired TelevisionWithoutPity.com, a web destination for TV fans that includes episode recaps and chat forums for hit shows. The acquisition builds Bravo’s digital portfolio, which includes BravoTV.com and the TRIO suite …

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has reached a long-term agreement to distribute a selection of CJ Entertainment’s slate of Korean movies to broadcasters across Asia, outside of Japan, China and Korea, starting with the hit action movie A Dirty Carnival. …

PARIS, March 13: For its 44th edition this April 16 to 20, MIPTV featuring MILIA will highlight the Italian television industry. "Italy has a long tradition of excellence in the audiovisual field and has produced some of the world's greatest …

LOS ANGELES, March 13: The online entertainment platform VMIX Media is teaming with NBC Universal Television to launch an NBC-branded channel that will feature content from hit shows like Heroes. The NBC Channel will feature clips from shows such as …

TORONTO/LONDON, March 13: Cookie Jar Entertainment has licensed its hit preschool series The Doodlebops to GMTV in the U.K. The show will air on Saturdays at 6 a.m. on GMTV1 beginning April 7. A weekday launch on GMTV2 is planned …

TORONTO, March 13: The Canadian animation outfit 9 Story Entertainment has begun production on two new kids’ properties: Best Ed and Futz! The 52×11-minute Best Ed is a 2-D series about a helpful dog named Ed and his squirrel pal …