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BRIGHTON, August 16: Electric Sky has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to titles from Blakeway Productions, Prospect Pictures, Michael Hoff Productions and Freeform, ranging from timely documentaries to lifestyle series. Included in the acquisitions is Blakeway’s Clash of Worlds, a …

NEW YORK, August 15: Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp has acquired its first website since hiring former Channel 4 chief Michael Jackson earlier this year to boost its online content offerings, picking up a 51-percent stake and full voting control of Connected …

OTTAWA, August 15: HAGI, the current rights holder in Poland for Amberwood Entertainment’s The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, has licensed the television and DVD rights to the series for a number of other territories. The expanded deal will see …

EL SEGUNDO/NEW YORK, August 15: DIRECTV, USA Network and the USTA are teaming to deliver to the satellite platform’s subscribers a range of interactive features surrounding this year’s US Open. Free to DIRECTV customers, the interactive service will expand USA …

BURBANK, August 15: As part of a wide-ranging reorganization at Disney’s home entertainment operations, Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Buena Vista Home Entertainment International will be integrated into one global division, Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment (BVWHE), headed up by …

LONDON, August 15: Content from Entertainment Rights, NBD Television, Portman Film and Television and Wall to Wall Television will be made available on a video-on-demand basis on BT’s TV-via-broadband service that launches this fall. Entertainment Rights will provide Postman Pat …

NEW YORK, August 15: Sesame Workshop has promoted Celia Schneiderman to manager of international television distribution, with responsibility for program sales in Asia, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean and in-flight. Schneiderman reports to Renee Mascara, the VP of international television …

PHILADELPHIA, August 15: World Wrestling Entertainment’s subscription video-on-demand service, WWE 24/7 On Demand, is now available on Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S. WWE 24/7 On Demand is offered up as part of Comcast’s ON DEMAND lineup, featuring …

TORONTO/MUMBAI, August 15: At the XVI International AIDS Conference in Canada, STAR India announced a two-year extension of its relationship with the Heroes Project, a non-governmental public service campaign in India that promotes HIV/AIDS awareness. The extension of the campaign …

AMSTERDAM, August 15: chellomedia and Tel Sell have announced that their joint venture Dutch shopping channel will begin operating under the name LiveShop in October, with a preview currently available on its website. LiveShop will be available in more than …