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LONDON, September 25: The premiere of High School Musical on Disney Channel UK on Friday shored up more than 1 million viewers, delivering a 12.3-percent share of kids’ aged 4 to 15 over its four telecasts on Disney Channel and …

ENGLEWOOD/CULVER CITY, September 25: Starz Entertainment has reached an agreement with Sony Pictures Television for more than 500 titles that it will be able to offer across its 16 linear channels, as well as on its subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) offerings …

NEW YORK, September 25: The first season of MTV’s cult-classic comedy The State has been digitally re-mastered and will be available on iTunes starting September 26. The State was MTV’s first foray into sketch comedy. It aired in the 1990s …

COLOGNE, September 22: FRAPA, the Format Recognition and Protection Association, today announced that its present chairman, David Lyle, is stepping down and is being replaced by Ute Biernat, who has previously held the position of FRAPA Board member. At the …

LOS ANGELES, September 22: USA Network has picked up the sixth season of the drama The Dead Zone, which will consist of 13 episodes. The series, produced by Lionsgate and CBS Paramount International Television in association with Piller-Segan, will return …

SYDNEY, September 22: The new drama Jericho premiered on Network Ten in Australia last night and won its timeslot in all major demos with a 41-percent share in Ten's core 16-39 demographic. Jericho also had a strong performance on its …

LONDON, September 22: British mobile operator 3 has made a deal with Zone Mobile, a division of Zonemedia, to distribute Zone Reality’s Mobile TV service. According to the agreement, Zonemedia will provide a supply of regularly refreshed, looped programming, which …

ENGLEWOOD/BURBANK, September 22: EchoStar’s DISH Network will premiere NBC's new fall series Friday Night Lights on its video on demand platform, DISH On Demand, before it premieres on NBC on Tuesday, October 3. Inspired by the feature film of the …

SILVER SPRING, September 22: Discovery Networks International, a division of Discovery Communications, will launch seven channels on the new ITI Neovision DTH platform in Poland before the end of 2006. Two of the channels debuting on ITI Neovision are new …

LONDON, September 22: ITV1’s advertising revenues could decrease by as much as £80 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. According to the Media Guardian, early forecasts from media agencies predict ITV1’s ad revenue from October to December will drop …