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NEW YORK, June 8: Isaiah Washington, who stars on the ABC hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy, and sparked controversy last year for using an anti-gay slur against a fellow cast member, will not return for the fourth season of the show. …

TOKYO, June 8: Japanese public broadcaster NHK has partnered with the U.S.-based MHz Networks for the launch of its 24/7 international channel NHK World TV, to be aired in English, in Washington, D.C. this July. MHz Networks, headquartered in Virginia, …

NEW YORK/LONDON/AMSTERDAM, June 8: The History Channel has secured its second platform launch in the territory on CAIW’s Delight Tier, thereby extending its reach in the Netherlands. The distribution deal with CAIW was secured by The History Channel U.K., a …

CHARLOTTE, June 8: Educational Adventures has secured a range of new licensing agreements for product lines such as oral care products, bean bag chairs, stickers and temporary tattoos for the Danger Rangers brand. The California-based World Trend, a manufacturer of …

TOKYO, June 8: Recruit Co., has concluded a stock transfer agreement on all shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recruit Visual Communications with Japanese MSO Jupiter Telecommunications Co. The acquisition of RVC as a consolidated subsidiary marks another step in J:COM’s …

TORONTO, June 8: Portfolio Entertainment will head to DISCOP this year with a slate of children’s, family and lifestyle television programming totaling more than 700 episodes. Among the programs that Portfolio Entertainment will offer at DISCOP are the 65×30-minute animated …

LONDON, June 8: FremantleMedia has hired Chris O’Dell as executive producer of Worldwide Entertainment. O’Dell, most recently creative executive at TWI Entertainment, joins the FremantleMedia team responsible for international supervision of their global formats such as Idols, Got Talent and …

LONDON, June 8: Time Warner’s chairman and CEO Richard Parsons said during an investor conference that the company is considering a renewed stock buyback plan and that he may shed his CEO title, handing it over to Time Warner’s president …

NEW YORK, June 8: The peer-to-peer-based global Internet TV platform Babelgum is now accessible to users around the world. Currently, users with a PC and broadband Internet connection can access Babelgum for free, but the service will be funded by …

LONDON, June 8: Following a better-than-expected TV subscriber performance during April and May, Virgin expects the loss of TV subscribers to stabilize for the second quarter. This announcement revises a previous statement made on May 9, when Virgin Media forecast …