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TORONTO, December 19: Picture Box Distribution’s popular lifestyle series X Weighted has been licensed to Sky in the U.K. and TVNZ in New Zealand. The series, produced by Anaid Productions, follows individuals as they work to get fit. The two …

LUXEMBOURG, December 19: SBS Broadcasting Group has named Zoltan Vardy, the commercial director of its TV2 station in Hungary, as its VP of sales. Vardy will continue to serve in his position at TV2. In his role as VP of …

MIAMI, December 18: Venevision International’s 24-hour Spanish-language movie channel VeneMovies, which launched in the U.S. in September, has expanded its reach to Puerto Rico. The pay-TV service is now available as part of the lineup on OneLink Communications, adding to …

LONDON, December 18: Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, founders of the popular online telephony service Skype, are planning to launch a global broadband TV service next year, the FT reports. Friis and Zennström sold Skype to EBay for $2.6 billion …

NEW YORK, December 18: MTV Networks (MTVN) has launched MTVN Mobile Media, a new unit dedicated to ramping up the company’s mobile entertainment business. MTVN Mobile Media will manage mobile partnerships and content distribution for the company, and will support …

LONDON, December 18: The film rights to the official sequel to Peter Pan have been awarded to a British consortium that includes Headline Pictures, the UK Film Council and BBC Films. The feature is to be based on Geraldine McCaughrean's …

HILVERSUM, December 18: The shareholders of 2waytraffic have approved the company’s proposed acquisition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and other formats from the Celador International library. On December 1, 2waytraffic announced it had reached a deal to acquire …

MARINA DEL REY, December 18: Select content from A&E Television Networks and Showtime Networks will be available on a download-to-own basis from CinemaNow, a broadband content site. Starting this month, series from A&E Network, The History Channel and The Biography …

LOS ANGELES, December 18: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is venturing into reality television with two prime-time series for ABC to be produced by her production entity, Harpo Productions. The first new series, tentatively titled Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give, …

ARLINGTON, December 18: In January, PBS will broadcast three pilots, both online and on air, and will ask viewers to weigh in on their favorites. One of the pilots will become a 10-week science series that will launch in the …