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LONDON, September 5: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has expanded its third-party slate with the acquisition of the rights to Red Velvet from France’s Compass Films. The one-hour special was filmed over the course of one year in the Russian …

ALVISO/NEW YORK, September 5: TiVo subscribers will be able to record the new CBS sitcom The Class a week before its September 18 broadcast premiere, it was announced today, and will receive previews of the new dramas Jericho, Smith and …

PARIS/LONDON, September 5: Regis Brown has left Taffy Entertainment and Lionel Marty has been elevated to president of worldwide distribution, overseeing TV and video sales for titles from both Mike Young Productions and from MoonScoop. Previously, Brown oversaw the distribution …

BURBANK, September 5: Warner Bros. Television Group is launching Studio 2.0, a venture that will develop original live-action and animated short-form programming for broadband and wireless devices. Heading up the unit will be award-winning producer and senior advertising executive Rich …

LONDON, September 5: Entertainment Rights has appointed Olivia King Canter as director of sales for Latin America and Canada, based in the company’s New York office. Canter will report to Kathleen Hricik, the EVP and MD for the U.S., Canada …

SILVER SPRING, September 5: Animal Planet channels in the U.S. and around the world are gearing up to showcase a slate of programming honoring Steve Irwin, the popular wildlife TV personality who passed away yesterday after being stung by a …

LUXEMBOURG, September 5: SBS Broadcasting’s Romanian subsidiary, Amerom Television, has completed its acquisition of the local music channel TV K Lumea. Launched in 1999, the channel is the leading music network in Romania among viewers aged 15 to 24. Commenting …

DULLES, September 5: According to a new AP-AOL Video survey, 54 percent of all U.S. Internet users have watched or downloaded a video clip or a full-length program from the Internet, with news being the most popular genre. Further, 32 …

LONDON, September 5: ContentFilm has completed the acquisition Allumination FilmWorks and UAV Corporation and UAV Holdings, granting it a foothold in the U.S. home entertainment market. The deal, first announced in June, saw ContentFilm shelling out $7 million in cash …

NEW YORK, September 5: Six additional shows from the MTV Networks Kids and Family Group, including The N’s Degrassi: The Next Generation and Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh, will be downloadable from the iTunes Music Store. Launching today on iTunes are …