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DULLES, October 23: AOL Video has ramped up its content download offerings with a deal with Paramount Pictures, following similar agreements with 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. AOL Video, which launched in August, …

MONACO, October 23: SPORTELMonaco, which wrapped at the end of last week, featured a record 2,117 participants from 932 companies in 67 countries. This year’s attendance surpasses the 2000 record of 1,993 participants from 868 companies. There were a total …

COLOGNE, October 23: Haim Saban is said to have resumed his efforts to sell off a considerable stake in the German broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 Media, published reports indicate. According to media reports, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley have been instructed …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, October 23: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has entered into a video label/distribution agreement with MarVista Entertainment to distribute MarVista's upcoming home entertainment titles in Canada. The alliance kicks off with The Ron Clark Story, the TNT original movie …

MUNICH, October 23: German regulators have agreed to introduce a license fee on computers and mobile phones capable of receiving television and radio signals. According to Reuters, users that watch television and other content on their computers and mobile phones …

MUNICH, October 23: SevenOne International is heading to the American Film Market for the first time with a view to securing DVD deals on event productions such as Tornado, The Crows and The Airlift. For the DVD editions, SevenOne International …

BURBANK, October 23: CBS has given a full-season order to Twentieth Century Fox’s James Woods drama Shark. The show features Woods as a savvy defense attorney who switches to the other side and becomes a prosecutor. It has been averaging …

LONDON, October 23: Pilot Productions has inked a deal for BBC Two to broadcast 10 half-hour episodes of Planet Food. The series goes on a culinary tour around the world, with hosts Merilees Parker, Padma Lakshmi, Ben O’Donoghue and Tyler …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: Production begins next month on John from Cincinnati, a new drama for HBO’s summer 2007 schedule from David Milch, the creator of Deadwood, and Kem Nunn. The 12-episode series tells the story of a “famously dysfunctional …

TORONTO, October 23: Global Television has entered into an agreement with Endemol USA to produce a Canadian version of Deal or No Deal, with five local episodes to be produced in Toronto with U.S. host Howie Mandel in January. Produced …