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PARIS/NEW YORK, October 24: Vivendi has filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) complaint in a Washington federal court, charging that T-Mobile has illegally appropriated Vivendi's $2.5 billion investment in the Polish mobile telco Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC) …

NEW YORK, October 24: Sundance Channel has picked up the Canadian short-film anthology The Art of Seduction for broadcast on its website, and has announced two new programming initiatives for its GREEN block, due to launch next year, devoted to …

LUCERNE, October 24: The new managers of the Rose d’Or Festival have announced that the event will remain in Lucerne for its upcoming edition, slated for May 5 to 9, 2007. Freddy Burger is the new owner of the market, …

AMSTERDAM/PRAGUE, October 24: T-Mobile Czech Republic is working with Gemalto, digital security specialists, to pilot a mobile TV service. During the two-month trial phase, T-Mobile Czech Republic subscribers will have access to mobile TV and interactive services. Commercial launch is …

NEW YORK, October 23: Sundance Channel has acquired 13 new titles for a second season of its successful Asia Extreme block, featuring cutting-edge genre films from South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand in a Sunday midnight slot. Season …

NEW YORK, October 23: Last November, former Nickelodeon chief and Spike TV founder Albie Hecht launched Worldwide Biggies, a production outfit targeted to creating multiplatform content for the family and kids’ markets. As the company gears up for the launch …

NEW YORK, October 23: RHI Entertainment has entered into a production deal with SCI FI Channel for 10 original movies for 2007. The deal includes the basic cable rights to RHI Entertainment’s new horror-thriller projects Grizzly Rage, Maneater, Eye of …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: In May of next year, Fox Reality Channel will launch the tentatively titled The Academy, a series from Scott Sternberg Productions that follows recruits training to be deputy sheriffs in Los Angeles. Filming begins on October …

LOS ANGELES/MUNICH, October 23: Tandem Communications has entered into a co-production and distribution pact with Starz Media, with the first set of projects due to launch at the AFM: the SCI FI Channel series Painkiller Jane and an anthology of …

LONDON, October 23: ITV has commissioned a fifth season of four TV movies in the Wire In The Blood crime franchise, which is distributed by Southern Star International. With the new commission, Southern Star now has 19 TV movies to …