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NEW YORK, March 6: Verizon FiOS TV has reached a deal to offer its subscribers access to more than 200 feature films in Spanish, Chinese and Hindi over the next three years, via an alliance with SIVOO, an IPTV network …

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA, March 6: MTV Tr3s will document the nationwide search to recreate the popular Latin pop group Menudo in the 4×30-minute series Road to Menudo, which will debut on May 12. The MTV Tr3s series will air in …

NEW YORK, March 6: For the first time, this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be broadcast live on VH1 Classic and MTV Networks’ HD music channel MHD, and will also be streamed live without commercial …

HENDERSONVILLE, March 6: Tennessee-based BlueHighways TV, a network that explores the people, stories, traditions and music of America, will launch its 24/7 linear channel on March 11 with Bresnan Communications, after previously being available solely on the platform’s on-demand service. …

TORONTO, March 6: Alliance Atlantis has posted a net loss for the fourth quarter of C$16.6 million—versus last year’s C$24.8 million profit—while for the full year profit fell from C$70.9 million to C$48.6 million. Fourth quarter revenue, however, rose 12 …

NEW YORK, March 6: BermanBraun, the venture set up by Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun, has clinched a first-look deal with NBC Universal. Berman left her job as the president of entertainment at FOX in March 2005 to become president …

SANTA MONICA/PARIS, March 6: GameTrailers (GT), the MTV Networks-owned video site for gamers, is partnering with the MTV Networks International brand Game One in France to expand its global reach. Beginning this month, original GT-produced content will appear on air …

LONDON, March 6: ITV has suspended its premium-rate interactive services and has appointed Deloitte as independent auditor to review those services, after viewers were overcharged when they submitted red-button votes for The X Factor. The suspension covers all premium rate …

LONDON/STOCKHOLM, March 6: In a deal reached with Viasat Broadcasting, MGM has licensed its library of James Bond films—including last year’s Casino Royale—to Viasat’s TV3 for broadcast in Sweden and Norway. The deal covers all 21 of the movies in …

ENGLEWOOD, March 6: Starz Entertainment will launch its new weekly comedy block The Starz Comedy Hour at 11 p.m. on April 18, featuring original episodes from series such as Head Case, Martin Lawrence's 1st Amendment Stand-up and The Bronx Bunny …