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AUGSBURG, November 2: Orion Cable, owner of the German cable operator ewt, has closed its acquisition of the Tele Columbus group from Unity Media. Not included are the former regional companies of Tele Columbus in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Tele Columbus West, …

LONDON, November 2: Zonemedia's Zone Mobile has entered into a deal for Amp’d Mobile in the U.S. to exclusively carry its mobile horror series When Evil Calls. The 20×2-minute series was written and directed by Johannes Roberts (Forest of the …

MONTREAL, November 2: Spectra Animation’s Toopy and Binoo has been licensed to Lagardère Active for broadcast on TiJi in France. In France, TiJi has an 8.1-percent audience share and reaches 3.4 million homes. Toopy and Binoo airs daily at 8:50 …

LONDON, November 2: The Walt Disney Company’s interactive entertainment affiliate, Buena Vista Games, will release Desperate Housewives—The Game in time for Christmas, targeting adult women. According to research from Buena Vista Games, in a sample group of women aged 24 …

NEW YORK, November 1: Time Warner’s third quarter profit rose to $2.3 billion from last year’s $853 million, on revenues of $10.9 billion, a 7 percent rise from Q3 2005, driven by its cable and networks segments. Dick Parsons, the …

HIALEAH/CUPERTINO, November 1: Spanish-language programming from Telemundo, the U.S. Hispanic broadcast network, as well as bilingual programs from its popular Latino youth network, mun2, are now available for purchase from Apple’s iTunes Store. The new content features popular Telemundo programming …

NEW YORK, November 1: MTV Networks has appointed Mika Salmi as its president of global digital media, a newly created position that will see him working across the company’s brands to build a multiplatform experience, encompassing music, games, entertainment, networking …

HONG KONG/TOKYO, November 1: STAR is launching five Indian channels, plus Fox News and Sky News, on “World on Demand” (WoD), a new IPTV and community platform that serves expatriate communities in Japan. WoD is owned and operated by The …

NEW YORK, November 1: Charlie Rose, the Emmy Award-winning journalist who has hosted a weeknight talk show on PBS for years, is launching a 12-hour series that will feature interviews with notable experts in human science research. The Charlie Rose …

TORONTO, November 1: CHUM Television has reached a deal with CBS Paramount International Television for a second cycle of Canada's Next Top Model for launch on Citytv in the spring. Jay Manuel will host the Canadian version of The CW’s …