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LOS ANGELES, September 6: MGM Worldwide Television Distribution Group has announced several personnel appointments and has unveiled a slate of new properties that will be available to buyers at MIPCOM, include the features Casino Royale and Rocky Balboa. The restructured …

LONDON, September 6: The SCI FI Channel in the U.K. has announced a raft of new acquisitions, including the second season of CBS Paramount’s Medium, SCI FI U.S.’s big summer hit Eureka, and the TNT mini-series Nightmares & Dreamscapes. The …

MIAMI, September 6: Venevision International’s VeneMovies channel has launched on Comcast’s CableLatino Hispanic programming package, which is available in more than 15 markets, including Miami, Boston and Chicago, among others. The 24-hour Spanish-language film network delivers award-winning titles from Mexico, …

NEW YORK, September 5: Rainbow HD Holdings, through its distribution agreement with High Fidelity HDTV, has launched two additional VOOM HD channels in Canada—Rush HD and Equator HD—on Bell ExpressVu Satellite Service. Rainbow’s Treasure HD launched in March on Bell …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 5: According to research firm Telephia, more than 31 million online homes in the U.S. subscribe to bundled services—Internet, TV and telephony—from one provider. The Total Communications Survey for the second quarter of this year shows that …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 5: The Turkish DTH platform Digiturk plans to begin offering its subscribers high-definition digital video recorders in the first half of next year, following an agreement with OpenTV. The deployment of OpenTV's software and services is expected …

MUMBAI, September 5: Nimbus Sports Broadcast has appointed STAR India to exclusively distribute its upcoming bouquet of NEO sports channels. The first of the channels, the cricket-focused NEO Sports, is set to be launched in the last quarter this year. …

SYDNEY, September 5: Network Ten has said it will offer free, advertising-supported downloads from its popular improv comedy show Thank God You're Here. Viewers will be able to access each week's best Thank God You're Here scenario from midnight on …

NEW YORK, September 5: Classic Media today released Gojira, the complete, uncut Japanese original version of Godzilla, on DVD for the first time ever in the U.S. Gojira, from legendary Japanese filmmaker Ishiro Honda, will only be available as part …

LONDON, September 5: A range of terrestrial broadcasters in Latin America have signed up for Fremantle International Distribution’s (FID) flagship factual title Prehistoric Park, a 6×1-hour series. Deals have been struck with Canal 13/Artear in Argentina, Chile’s Channel 7/TVN, Ecuavisa …