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MOUNTAIN VIEW/SAN MATEO, October 10: Validating a rumor that has been circulating since last Friday, Internet search and advertising giant Google is set to purchase YouTube, the web’s most popular viral video destination, in a deal valued at a whopping …

LONDON, October 10: NASN, which offers up coverage of North American sports in Europe, has secured carriage with Canal Digital, bringing it to Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway beginning October 27. The agreement grants NASN access to 1.1 million Nordic …

CANNES, October 10: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has inked a deal with M6 to offer the hit drama Prison Break on VOD in France via the terrestrial broadcaster’s website. Fox has put its promotional weight behind launching Prison Break …

CANNES, October 10: E! Networks has announced a range of IPTV deals in Europe for the E! International Network. Launches this fall are slated on Swisscom’s Bluewin TV basic package, T- Com in Germany on the T-Home Complete Plus basic …

CANNES, October 10: At MIPCOM this week, Sony Pictures Television International launched the official film of the FIFA World Cup, entitled The Grand Finale, and announced a multi-year feature-film deal with Five in the U.K. The Grand Finale is narrated …

CANNES, October 10: Vh1 Latin America has picked up a range of new programming from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox, as well as from independents such as GRB Worldwide and Target Entertainment. For the Movies That Rock block, Vh1’s new …

CANNES, October 10: Off the back of the launch of the Singapore Media Fusion campaign to raise the profile of Singaporean content worldwide, several production outfits from the island nation announced new international co-production deals at MIPCOM this week. iV …

BETHPAGE, October 10: Following a proposed bid by the Dolan family to buy out Cablevision Systems Corp. for $19.2 billion including debt, or $27 a share, the company’s stock price shot up to $26.24 a share, rising over 10 percent …

CANNES/SYDNEY, October 10: The Australian kids’ and family entertainment producer Yoram Gross-EM.TV has unveiled its new corporate identity: Flying Bark Productions. The rebranding follows EM.Entertainment’s acquisition of the remaining 50 percent of Yoram Gross-EM.TV at the beginning of this year. …

NEW YORK, October 10: NBC has committed to the production of 20 90-second original shorts called Pale Force for streaming over broadband and distribution to mobile devices, according to Media Week. Pale Force is inspired by a series of animated …