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ORLANDO, March 28: Viacom today presented several new partnerships and programming developments across a number of its mobile media offerings. Philippe Dauman, Viacom’s president and CEO, unveiled these initiatives during his keynote address at the CTIA Wireless 2007 Conference, mentioning …

TORONTO, March 28: CanWest Global Communications Corp.’s acquisition of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc is expected to be completed in July or early August of this year, the two companies announced today. As announced on January 10, 2007, Alliance Atlantis entered …

LOS ANGELES, March 28: Jason Alexander, one of the stars of the hit comedy Seinfeld has joined the cast of an untitled ABC comedy pilot. Alexander will guest-star as the internal affairs superintendent responsible for tracking down "bad apples," according …

NEW YORK, March 28: The History Channel has greenlit five new weekly series, currently in production, for premiere in prime time this year and in 2008, with the topics ranging from Alaskan survival techniques to prehistoric dinosaur clashes. The five …

LONDON, March 28: Jetix U.K. has made two acquisitions to boost its comedy lineup and has also put a new programming team in place to support programming director Dominic Gardiner. The first of the two acquired comedies is the Australian …

SCHAUMBURG, March 28: Motorola, Inc has made an equity investment in GoTV Networks, a made-for-mobile television provider, through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. GoTV Networks is the first on-demand made-for-mobile television …

TORONTO/LONDON, March 27: Cookie Jar Entertainment shows will be added to the BT Vision Download Store this spring, allowing users to buy individual episodes or entire seasons of series like Arthur and Adventures of Paddington Bear. “We are delighted to …

LONDON, March 27: BBC Worldwide has appointed Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific executive Steve Macallister as its new MD of global TV sales, effective in July and reporting to John Smith, the CEO of BBC Worldwide. In his new role, …

LONDON, March 27: On the eve of the anticipated worldwide release of the second Mr Bean feature film, Mr Bean’s Holiday, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has secured a raft of new sales and series renewal deals for both the live-action and …

DELHI/LONDON, March 27: Zonemedia’s Zone Reality Channel in Asia has announced plans for two locally produced shows: A Life Extraordinary and Fool Proof. A Life Extraordinary features real life events and people and includes paranormal happenings and inexplicable events. Stories …