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LONDON, March 23: In its first deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), Zonemedia’s Zone Reality has acquired the rights to the ABC News Primetime 6×1-hour human documentary series Medical Mysteries for broadcast in the U.K. Medical Mysteries examines rare …

MIAMI, March 23: Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic (DNLA/USH) has appointed Paul Staines as the VP and country manager of Discovery Networks in Mexico and Central America, effective immediately. Based in Mexico City, Staines will oversee Discovery Networks’ operations in …

MUMBAI, March 23: Investment in India’s cable TV infrastructure could boost the country’s national economic activity by 54.6 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) within five years, according to the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA). The organization also notes …

CHICAGO, March 23: The NABET-CWA union, which represents some 2,500 technicians, camera operators, news writers and other employees at ABC, has suspended its talks with the broadcaster over concerns about job security and pension plans. The National Association of Broadcast …

UNIVERSAL CITY/SINGAPORE, March 23: In a new multiple-year agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, ANYTIME has secured the subscription VOD rights and the Internet distribution rights in multiple territories across Asia Pacific to NBC Universal feature films, in addition …

BETHPAGE, March 23: Cablevision Systems Corp. has added Discovery HD Theater and National Geographic HD to its growing list of high-definition channels available to digital cable customers across the company's entire service area, at no additional cost. With the addition …

BURBANK, March 22: ABC has given early 2007-08 pickups to 14 series, including three freshman shows: Brothers & Sisters, Men in Trees and Ugly Betty. Rounding out the renewals are the returning productions The Bachelor, Boston Legal, Dancing with the …

LONDON/MADRID, March 22: Liberty Global’s Chellomedia, through its Iberian TV business Multicanal, has taken control of Documanía, the factual channel operated by Sogecable. Multicanal will merge Documanía with its existing documentary channel Odisea. The agreement also includes the carriage of …

LONDON/ATHENS, March 22: Buena Vista International Television has closed its first video on demand deal in Greece, entering into a movie rental alliance with Vivodi Telecommunications for the recently launched cabletv triple-play package. The pact provides Vivodi with the Greek …

NEW YORK, March 22: The premium gay and lesbian programming service here! Networks is expanding to Canada, inking a deal to launch as a subscription video on demand offering with Rogers Cable. The here! content is now available on Rogers …