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SINGAPORE, August 29: In a bid to expand the reach of AXN Asia and Animax Asia and to streamline its operations, SPE Networks Asia has announced a restructuring that includes new hires as well as the promotion of key personnel. …

HAMILTON, August 29: Private equity firm Apax Partners has reached a deal to acquire 49.7 percent of Ronald S. Lauder’s interest in Central European Media Enterprises (CME) for approximately $190 million in cash, giving it a 7.8 percent interest in …

LOS ANGELES, August 29: Viewership for the Primetime Emmy Awards fell 14 percent this year to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research, but the NBC broadcast still fared better than ABC’s broadcast of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse …

TORONTO, August 29: Muse Entertainment’s This is Wonderland leads the nominations for the 21st Annual Gemini Awards, which will be presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television at the River Rock Casino Resort on November 4. This Is …

TOKYO, August 29: MTV Networks has reached a deal to acquire the remaining interest in joint venture MTV Japan from private equity firm H&Q Asia Pacific (H&QAP), marking the company’s largest acquisition in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to this agreement, …

ENGLEWOOD, August 29: With Liberty Media’s acquisition of IDT Entertainment complete, the venture has merged with Starz Entertainment Group (SEG) to create Starz, a new production, distribution and broadcasting entity that will be overseen by Robert Clasen as chairman and …

LOS ANGELES, August 29: Azteca America will now be included in Nielsen Media Research’s National Television Index (NTI), the people-meter ratings service that also tracks the national U.S. broadcast networks as well as the Hispanic broadcasters Univision and Telemundo. Prior …

ALVISO, August 28: A Texas District Court has issued a stay on EchoStar’s patent infringement suit against DVR pioneer TiVo and electronics company Humax USA. The stay, issued July 14 and now final, is in effect until the U.S. Patent …

PARIS/LONDON, August 28: Sony Pictures Television International’s two new AXN-branded channels have begun broadcasting off the Eutelsat W2 satellite in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. AXN Crime and AXN Sci-Fi broadcast 18 hours a day with soundtracks available in Bulgarian, …

SINGAPORE, August 28: The Media Development Authority of Singapore has granted licenses to Reeltime Media and OBSTV Asia to begin offering their broadband platforms in the island nation. Reeltime Media, an Australian broadband TV service provider, has been awarded a …