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NEW YORK, August 6: The International Fight League and Alfred Haber Distribution today announced that STAR in Asia will carry IFL programming on its STAR Sports platform, available in over 50 countries to a viewership of more than 300 million. …

LONDON, August 6: Discovery Networks UK has launched two new on-demand mobile TV channels for its linear networks Discovery Turbo and Animal Planet on Vodafone and Orange. Both Discovery Turbo and Animal Planet mobile TV are also available on subscription …

HONG KONG, August 6: Granada International has acquired the pan-Asian distribution rights for The May Lee Show, a weekly talk show produced for STAR World. The 13×1-hour series is hosted by May Lee, a Korean American who previously served as …

AMSTERDAM, August 6: Off the Fence has licensed a range of factual programming to channels in Spain and Portugal, including closing a deal with Spain’s Natura for 15 hours of content. Among the titles in the Natura deal is Island …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: JoeCartoon, an online animation company recently acquired by Endemol USA, has re-launched its online portal JoeCartoon.com, dedicated to showcasing humorous videos on the Internet. The revamped website offers an enhanced user-friendly interface that includes a video …

BEVERLY HILLS, August 3: News Corporation’s mobile division, Jamster, has announced the promotions of Craig Vaughan, Miriam Holzman and Beth Kearns. Vaughan is now VP of business development for Fox Mobile Entertainment, a Jamster division, after serving as executive director. …

NEW YORK, August 3: Bravo has promoted Cori Abraham to VP of development and production from her previous position as the director of development and production. Since joining Bravo in April 2004, Abraham has developed and executive produced shows such …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Edie Lauw has been promoted to VP of worldwide television finance at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from her previous position as the executive director of worldwide television finance. In her new position, based in the company’s headquarters in …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Industry veteran Rose Adkins has been named global president of marketing and distribution for FarCor Studios, based in Los Angeles. Reporting to co-presidents and founders Ralph Farquhar and Dwayne Corbitt, Adkins will be responsible for developing …

BUENOS AIRES, August 3: Claxson has completed the sale of IberoAmerican Radio Chile to Spain’s Grupo Prisa for $74.6 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Prisa’s Unión Radio takes control of all of the radio networks of IberoAmerican Radio …