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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, August 21: American Idol host Ryan Seacrest has been tapped to host the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing live on FOX on September 16 from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. “Ryan Seacrest is known and loved by …

NEW YORK/SEOUL, August 21: In an investment and multiplatform content deal valued in excess of $20 million, Korea’s Sidus Corporation has agreed to provide ImaginAsian Entertainment with expansion capital and exclusive Korean content for distribution in the U.S. Under the …

UNTERFOEHRING, August 21: EM.Sport Media (formerly EM.TV) has recorded revenues of 111.7 million euros in the first half of the year, a 7.1-percent gain, with a profit of 3.4 million euros. Werner E. Klatten, the chairman of the management board …

TEL AVIV, August 21: First-half revenues at Dori Media Group rose 32 percent to $12.7 million, with a net profit of $1.86 million, up from last year’s $1.72 million. Announcing the results, president and CEO Nadav Palti noted: “Once again, …

LONDON, August 21: ESPN continues to expand its global online business, today announcing the acquisition of scrum.com, a leading online rugby news, scores and information portal, from Scrum Limited. “Rugby has a global fan base,” said Russell Wolff, the executive …

LITTLE ROCK, August 21: Equity Media Holdings, which owns and operates stations in 41 U.S. markets, has signed an affiliate deal with Viacom’s Hispanic music network MTV Tr3 for its newly acquired New York station WMBQ. MTV Tr3 will be …

ATLANTA, August 21: Extending its Get Animated healthy lifestyles initiative, Cartoon Network has unveiled Props, a one-hour special that will give six select kids a chance to spend time with their celebrity heroes, including tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams …

NEW YORK, August 21: Comedy Central has announced its fall programming schedule, which will feature the return of series like South Park alongside the premiere of the comedic reality series Kenny vs. Spenny. Several series have made it back onto …

NEW YORK, August 21: The Associated Press (AP) has reached an agreement with NBC Sports and NBC Olympics to be the exclusive news agency for the online distribution of select NBC-produced text content and video links related to the 2008 …

LONDON, August 21: S4C International has announced new deals on its successful preschool property Hana’s Helpline with RAI, Nickelodeon Australia, Hop! Channel in Israel and France’s Piwi. The deals are in addition to previous sales to broadcasters including ZDF and …