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LONDON/MUNICH, November 17: Buena Vista International Television [BVITV] has concluded a multi-year pay-per-view licensing agreement with the On Demand Group, the pay-per-view partner of cable operator Kabel Deutschland. This pact, which was announced by Tom Toumazis, the executive VP and …

LOS ANGELES, November 17: Granada America has formed a joint venture with Play On TV, a company specializing in viewer-participation television, to expand its interactive television initiatives in the U.S. market. Through its parent ITV, Granada is already a major …

LOS ANGELES, November 17:The FOX Broadcasting Co. has ordered more episodes of two freshman shows: the hostage drama Standoff and the Brad Garrett comedy ‘Til Death. Fox ordered six more episodes of Standoff, about hostage negotiators, played by Ron Livingston …

NEW YORK, November 17: History Channel en Español will present a two-hour special, The Mexican Revolution, on Monday, November 20 at 8 p.m., Eastern Time. The program explores the defining event that shaped Mexico’s destiny: the Revolution of 1910, which …

LOS ANGELES, November 17: Sunset Pictures has launched an in-house television production division, Sunset Television, to exploit increasing demand for TV content worldwide. The TV unit plans to develop and produce reality-based programming, scripted series and specials, sitcoms, dramatic specials, …

PARIS, November 17: International news channel FRANCE 24, the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT), and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) have signed an agreement to disseminate FRANCE 24 to the Arab world. The agreement was signed during a visit …

SYDNEY, November 17: Southern Star International has sold the drama series Police Rescue to RRS Entertainment in Germany in a deal that includes the program’s two-hour TV movie pilot plus 63 one-hour episodes. The sale was negotiated by Veronique Verges, …

NEW YORK/LONDON, November 17: MTV Networks International has promoted Mark Levine to senior VP, of Nickelodeon marketing and communications, and Pooja Midha to VP of Nickelodeon marketing. In his expanded role Levine will oversee Nickelodeon's business growth and kids'-first brand …

LOS ANGELES, November 16: Eurocinema, the first branded on-demand service featuring award-winning European and global theatrical and short films, will launch on Time Warner Cable in the New York area this month. International films can be viewed by Time Warner …

LONDON, November 16: Elaine Bedell has been appointed Controller of BBC Entertainment, Multi-Platform Commissioning, completing the four-strong BBC Vision genre controllers team lead by Jana Bennett. BBC Vision consists of BBC Television, Factual & Learning and Drama, Entertainment & Children's, …