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NEW YORK, May 24: CBS Interactive is partnering with leading community-building websites and social application providers in order to allow users of the CBS Audience Network to embed clips from the network’s content into their profiles, websites, blogs and community …

LOS ANGELES, May 24: Dermot Horan, the director of broadcast and acquisitions at Irish terrestrial RTE, tells World Screen Newsflash about what he thinks of some of the new shows being showcased at the L.A. Screenings. While Horan is reluctant …

TOKYO, May 24: The CBS drama Criminal Minds is set to air in Japan for the first time, via a deal between Disney-ABC International Television (Japan) and WOWOW. The hit drama is slated to launch on WOWOW in July 2007. …

LOS ANGELES, May 24: Several new network dramas and comedies from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution have made it onto CanWest’s 2007-2008 schedule, including the new comedy Back to You. The series is slated to launch on FOX in the …

LONDON, May 24: The media investment and advisory group Ingenious Media Active Capital has shelled out £5.34 million for a controlling stake in the interactive TV production company Two Way TV. The funds will be used to bolster Two Way …

NEW YORK, May 24: The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films are expanding in the direct-to-video market with the launch of three new DVD labels focusing on classic films, family entertainment and edgy, provocative programming. The Miriam Collection will restore and …

LONDON, May 24: Dawn Airey, who recently quit as Iostar’s chief executive, has been appointed as the director of global content at ITV and will take up the post later this year, reporting to John Cresswell, ITV's COO. The appointment …

LONDON/NEW YORK, May 24: Telefónica has reached a deal with Narrowstep, a provider of broadband television services, to power its two broadband channels Terra TV Spain and Terra TV Peru. Under the deal, Narrowstep will provide Telefónica with its proprietary …

NEW YORK, May 23: 4Kids Entertainment has expanded the reach of its 4Kids TV On Demand platform to 13.5 million homes through a recent launch on Cox Communications and an increase in Comcast’s digital cable subscribers. The recent launch on …

LOS ANGELES, May 23: PorchLight Entertainment has reached a multiplatform deal with Rounder Records to co-develop a range of programming and merchandise for the Boston-based tween pop group Girl Authority. PorchLight will begin its marketing, branding and public relations efforts …