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NEW YORK, June 14: News Corporation has announced its intention to sell off nine of its FOX network-affiliated television stations. News Corp. currently owns and operates 35 stations across the U.S. The outlets to be sold are WJW in Cleveland, …

LONDON, June 14: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Juan Maria Romeu to senior VP and general manager of SPTI Networks Iberia, reporting to Ross Hair, the senior VP of international networks at SPTI. In his new role, Romeu …

NEW YORK, June 14: Liberty Media Corporation and EchoStar Communications Corp. are said to be preparing a joint offer for satellite-communications provider Intelsat, according to The Wall Street Journal. Intelsat is accepting final bids for its sale today and could …

LONDON, June 14: Virgin Media Television (VMtv) has unveiled the initial lineup for its new TV channel Virgin 1, including the forthcoming 13×1-hour U.S. drama The Sarah Connor Chronicles, for premiere this fall. Virgin 1 will launch on its own …

LONDON, June 14: Channel 4 has picked up the rights to two new fall season dramas from Disney-ABC International Television, Dirty Sexy Money and Reaper, as well as Warner Bros. International Television’s The Big Bang Theory. Dirty Sexy Money for …

MONTE-CARLO, June 14: At the 47th Monte-Carlo Television Festival this evening, the winners were announced for the Golden Nymph Awards as well as the International TV Audience Awards, where CSI, Desperate Housewives and The Bold and the Beautiful were deemed …

NEW YORK, June 14: Showtime Networks led the pack of winners in the North American competition at the Promax/BDA 2007 Design Awards competition last night, while SCI FI Channel in the U.K. picked up the most awards among the World …

LONDON, June 14: Digital Rights Group (DRG) has reached a deal to acquire Zeal Television’s event and format distribution division, which will be rebranded as Zeal Entertainment. Backed by IMAC, Ingenious Media’s venture fund, DRG was established this year to …

LONDON, June 14: Entertainment One, a distributor of home entertainment products in North America, has conditionally agreed to acquire the U.K.’s Contender Limited and its Contender Entertainment Group subsidiary for £49.4 million in cash and shares. Contender Entertainment Group is …

LOS ANGELES, June 14: Program Partners has sold the ten-part Canadian mini-series Terminal City to the Sundance Channel for a U.S. premiere in early 2008. Starring Maria Del Mar (Blue Murder, Pentagon Papers) and Gil Bellows (The Weatherman, Shawshank Redemption, …