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MILAN, October 11: News Corp.-owned SKY Italia has reached an agreement with telecommunications company Fastweb to distribute TV programming over the Internet, according to the Associated Press. The deal calls for video content from SKY to be available over Fastweb’s …

LONDON, October 11: BBC1, along with independent Tightrope Productions, is developing a four-part drama series about the West’s relationship with China that is slated to air in 2008, according to Media Guardian. Written by playwright Howard Brenton, the four 60-minute …

SYDNEY, October 11: Telstra’s BigPond Movies broadband platform has entered into an agreement that allows it to provide its subscribers with a range of on-demand programming from BBC Worldwide. As of this week, the deal gives Telstra broadband subscribers access …

HONG KONG/SEOUL, October 11: Korea’s KBS World channel has reached a carriage deal with pay-TV operator Hong Kong Cable TV, adding to its Asian footprint that currently includes Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore. KBS World, the international channel operated …

LONDON, October 11: BBC director-general Mark Thompson has declared that “realistic funding” through a new, long-term license fee settlement is essential if the BBC is to fulfill the Government's goal for the digital switchover laid down in the broadcaster’s new …

CANNES/LONDON, October 11: Sundance Channel has come on board for the new music series Live from Abbey Road in a deal with Fremantle International Distribution, which has also inked a slate of deals on its new teen-skewing drama series Falcon …

CANNES, October 11: AXN Japan has picked up the rights to seasons four and five of The Amazing Race, bringing Buena Vista International Television’s hit CBS reality show to the Japanese market for the first time. The show is scheduled …

CANNES, October 11: RHI Entertainment has received the greenlight to produce at least 12 TV movies and three mini-series for a 2007 delivery to the Hallmark Channel in the U.S. The first three are already in production. They are Claire, …

CANNES, October 11: Endemol International has attracted a slate of broadcasters to its collection of completed programs out of the U.S., including Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The popular ABC series has been licensed to MNET in South Africa (seasons one …

CANNES, October 11: M6 has picked up a range of mini-series and TV movies from RHI Entertainment in a deal that covers library titles as well as new projects over the next two years. RHI’s upcoming projects include The Last …