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HOLLYWOOD, April 23: More than 1 million Blu-ray discs have been sold in less than a year, according to figures from Home Media Research, with the format accounting for 70 percent of high-definition movies sold in the first quarter of …

TORONTO, April 23: The Canadian Competition Bureau has given its clearance to the $2.05 billion sale of Alliance Atlantis Communications to CanWest Global Communications and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. Alliance Atlantis shareholders cleared the C$53/share agreement earlier this month. A …

MADRID, April 23: The Spanish investment fund Grupo Torreal has acquired a 20-percent stake in Imagina, which owns a majority interest in the La Sexta network. Imagina is the product of the merger of Grupo Arbol and Mediapro. In addition …

LONDON, April 23: BBC One’s Panorama current-affairs show today alleged that callers to premium-rate phone competitions on the GMTV morning show have been defrauded out of millions of pounds over the last four years. Calling the incident “TV’s dirtiest little …

SALERNO, April 23: The BBC’s Charlie and Lola was among the winners of this year’s Pulcinella Awards, announced at the Cartoons on the Bay animation festival over the weekend. Charlie and Lola picked up the best TV series for infants …

NEW YORK, April 23: Verizon FiOS TV has boosted its lineup of national high-definition programming with the addition of three channels: HGTV HD, Food Network HD and LMN (Lifetime Movie Network) HD. The three channels will be available in all …

TORONTO, April 23: The Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) will present its 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award to the BBC on Sunday, June 10, at the Fairmont Springs, in Banff, Canada, with Director-General Mark Thompson accepting on behalf of the organization. …

NEW YORK, April 23: Bravo has reached a development deal for a new docu-drama series following celebrity makeup artist Billy Brasfield, a.k.a. Billy B., with World of Wonder tapped to produce the pilot presentation. Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey will …

DULLES, April 23: The documentary site AOL True Stories has announced a deal to offer expanded preview excerpts of Independent Television Service’s (ITVS) Sentenced Home and Knocking before they premiere on PBS. The two films are set to air on …

LONDON, April 23: To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, 3DD Entertainment has finalized a deal with Record Plant Pictures—in conjunction with Elvis Presley Enterprises—for the distribution of an exclusive one-hour TV special entitled Elvis: Close As A …