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TV3 Ireland Renews Output Deal with Granada

November 30, 2006

LONDON, November 30: Ireland’s leading commercial broadcaster TV3 has renewed its output deal with Granada International, ensuring that programming such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will remain on the channel, along with …

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Mexico’s Cablevision and TiVo Sign Agreement

November 30, 2006

ALVISO, November 30: Cablevision, Mexico's largest digital cable operator, and TiVo have agreed to distribute the TiVo DVRs and service to subscribers throughout Mexico City. As part of the deal, TiVo's DVR service will be made available to subscribers of …

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AmericanLife TV Plans Robert Altman Tribute

November 30, 2006

WASHINGTON D.C., November 30: The AmericanLife TV Network, which targets the “Baby Boomer” generation, is paying tribute to the late director, writer and producer Robert Altman with a special week of Combat! episodes that he directed. The episodes of the …

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Globo Offers Brazilian Fare to Asian Broadcasters

November 30, 2006

SINGAPORE, November 30: Globo TV International is at the Asia Television Forum this week with three novelas—America, Student’s Heart and Capital Sin—and one mini-series, Seven Women. “Asia is a strategic market for TV Globo International,” said Rafael Corrêa, the sales …

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LAT TV Launches “Cybernovela”

November 30, 2006

HOUSTON, November 30: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster LAT TV (LatinAmerica Broadcasting) has launched AlamoHeightsSA, a telenovela designed for multiplatform broadcast. The show, from Alamo Heights SA Holdings, is being billed as the industry’s first “royalty-free, cross-cultural, Tex-Mex cybernovela.” Available in Spanish …

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Channel 4 Exec Joins FremantleMedia

November 30, 2006

LONDON, November 30: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW), the licensing division of FremantleMedia, has made a series of new appointments and promotions within its U.K. licensing team. Robert Marsh has been named the VP of interactive and telephony for the U.K., …

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BSkyB’s Murdoch Lashes Out at BBC and Regulators

November 30, 2006

LONDON, November 30: In a speech hosted by the British media regulator Ofcom, James Murdoch, the chief executive of BSkyB, criticized the British broadcasting industry, the BBC and Ofcom itself. Murdoch appealed for less regulation and a free market. “The …

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Liberty Global to Sell Belgian Cable Platform

November 30, 2006

DENVER, November 30: Liberty Global has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to sell its Belgian cable business to Telenet Group Holding—in which Liberty owns a 28.07 percent controlling interest—for 187 million euros ($246 million). The closing of the …

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NBC Showcases Midseason Lineup

November 30, 2006

BURBANK, November 30: NBC’s midseason schedule will see the launch of new shows like Paul Haggis’s The Black Donnellys and the talent search series Grease: You’re the One That I Want, as well as the return of The Apprentice and …

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Telemundo Acquires Tepuy International

November 29, 2006

HIALEAH, November 29: Telemundo Communications Group has taken full ownership of the Miami-based Telemundo-RTI Productions and has acquired its distribution partner, Tepuy International. Telemundo-RTI will now be renamed Telemundo Studios Miami, while Tepuy will become Telemundo Internacional, serving as the …