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PHILADELPHIA, October 30: BroadRelay Holdings’ SIVOO broadband network specializing in on-demand, multicultural content, has signed deals with Tai Seng Entertainment, Shanghai Media Group and China International TV Corp., adding more than 1,000 hours of Chinese-language content to its offerings. SIVOO …

DULLES/BOSTON, October 30: A new service from AOL and Brightcove allows content providers to sell video downloads through the AOL Video platform and receive up to 70 percent of the revenue generated from their sales. Brightcove is a privately held …

LOS ANGELES, October 30: Entertainment Studios, a producer and distributor of first-run syndicated television shows, has launched Entertainment Studios Home Entertainment (ESHE) with the DVD for the comedy The Kid & I. Entertainment Studios Home Entertainment will be rolling out …

MEXICO CITY, October 27: Grupo Televisa has recorded a 44-percent hike in third-quarter profits, and is planning to invest between $250 million and $500 million over the next three years in the Mexican triple-play market, wire reports indicate. The Mexican …

HONG KONG, October 27: Peter Jackson, the CEO of satellite system operator AsiaSat, has been presented the CASBAA Chairman’s Award for his contributions to the Asia-Pacific cable, satellite and broadband TV markets over the past year. Jackson has been a …

SINGAPORE, October 27: The Asian VOD channel ANYTIME has signed a five-year deal with the Indian broadband provider India On Line Broadband Limited (IOL), bringing the on-demand movie service to 4 million homes in Mumbai and Delhi by March 2007. …

LOS ANGELES, October 27: The documentary I Trust You To Kill Me, which follows Kiefer Sutherland as he takes his independent record label act Rocco DeLuca and The Burden on an international tour, will air on VH1 on November 11 …

TORONTO, October 27: CHUM Television is relaunching the website for its FashionTelevision service, turning it into a broadband portal featuring a range of web-only content, episodes of FT-FashionTelevision and a podcast. "We are focused on making www.fashiontelevision.com the premiere online …

ATLANTA, October 27: TBS is working with MySpace for an online competition allowing up-and-coming comics to submit video samples of their work, with five finalists set to appear in a one-hour special that will air on TBS on November 17. …

TOKYO/HONG KONG/LONDON, October 27: Peter Bullard has been promoted to the newly created position of president of Viacom Japan, overseeing MTV Networks' linear and digital programming services, as well as other ancillary businesses, in the Japanese marketplace. "Peter has been …