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STOCKHOLM, February 6: NonStop Television has partnered with the mobile operator 3 in Sweden for the launch of its film channel Silver on mobile phones. The deal inked with 3 also includes NonStop Television’s entertainment channel Star!, with both Silver …

TORONTO/LONDON, February 6: DECODE Entertainment has received a commission for a new live action series for tweens, The Latest Buzz, from Canada’s The Family Channel. In The Latest Buzz (formerly known as Glimmer), a struggling youth-oriented magazine called Teen Buzz …

NORWALK, February 6: CABLEready has signed a deal with Fox International Channels for the TV Guide Channel’s red carpet coverage of the 2007 Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. Fox-owned channels in Japan and Turkey will air four specials …

CINCINNATI, February 5: Charles E. Scripps, who served as chairman of The E. W. Scripps Company from 1953 until 1994, has died of natural causes at the age of 87. Scripps was the grandson of Edward W. Scripps, who founded …

NEW YORK, February 5: According to a new study from JupiterResearch, 53 percent of online teens watch video on the Internet occasionally and 22 percent of them view video weekly or more frequently. The report, Teens and Online Video: Understand …

TORONTO, February 6: Mike Clattenburg, the creator, director and head writer of The Trailer Park Boys; and Greg Daniels, the executive producer of The Office, are among those featured in the lineup for this year’s Banff World Television Festival, taking …

LONDON, February 5: BSkyB will rebrand its arts channels Artsworld and Artsworld HD as Sky Arts and Sky Arts HD, effective March 1. In related news, the new Sky Arts will serve as the broadcast sponsor of The Guardian Hay …

LOS ANGELES, February 5: Amp’d Mobile has unveiled a new slate of made-for-mobile series that includes comedy shorts developed by actor Jack Black, a paranormal investigative series from Howard Gordon’s ICEBOX, and more mobile content from Donick Carey, the co-creator …

STOCKHOLM/ATLANTA, February 5: Turner Broadcasting System International has entered into an alliance with Ericsson to develop its news and entertainment content for mobile multimedia environments, it was announced today, beginning with a new CNN Mobile service for users in Europe, …

LONDON, February 5: The broadband TV service Homechoice will relaunch as Tiscali TV on March 1 following its August acquisition by telco Tiscali. Tiscali TV launches March 1 with more than 40,000 subscribers. Tiscali TV is currently available in London …