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LONDON, August 11: Adrian Woolfe has quit as the managing director of Celador International and has filed suit against his former employer. According to a spokesperson at Celador’s parent company, Complete Communications Corporation Ltd (CCCL), Woolfe’s suit names Celador International, …

TOKYO, August 11: Japan’s Jupiter VOD has licensed a package of features from Sony Pictures Entertainment for distribution to the J:COM cable systems. Jupiter Telecommunications’ J:COM is the largest MSO in the Japanese market. Its subscribers will soon have video-on-demand …

LOS ANGELES, August 10: Ripe Digital Entertainment (RDE) is set to launch OctaneTV, an on-demand network targeted to the youth car culture lifestyle and motor enthusiast, on Comcast and Time Warner Cable VOD platforms, as well as on the Internet …

LONDON, August 10: Fremantle International Distribution has licensed a number of factual titles from Sundance Channel and Atlantic Productions to Noga in Israel. Titles from the Sundance portfolio included in the deal are the 6×1-hour Iconoclasts; Transgeneration, which explores the …

LONDON/HILVERSUM, August 10: Channel 4 has commissioned Endemol’s Initial outfit in the U.K. to produce the 75-minute special One Night Only—An INSPI(RED) Evening of Fashion and Music, covering the Giorgio Armani event taking place on September 21 during London Fashion …

HONG KONG, August 10: Sony Pictures Television International’s anime channel Animax has moved to the basic tier on Hong Kong Cable TV after having been an a la carte offering on the platform. Animax on Cable TV’s basic tier will …

SEATTLE, August 10: ReelTime Rentals, a broadband network promising a full-screen, DVD-quality online television experience, is set to launch on September 12. "Our much-anticipated launch is the fulfillment of a dream to bring full DVD quality video over the web …

TORONTO, August 10: MTV’s first multi-platform film competition, 48fest, will air in September across all of MTV’s worldwide outlets—on air, online and on mobile phones, giving 48 youths 48 hours to create three-minute films on HIV and AIDS-related issues. Eight …

NEW YORK, August 10: Viacom’s revenues for the second quarter of this year were up 24 percent to $2.85 billion, led in part by the acquisition of DreamWorks, delivering a profit of $437.3 million, also up 24 percent on the …

LONDON, August 10: Challenge has secured the rights to Fear Factor in its first deal with Endemol, and has commissioned a new series called Pokerstars.com Vegas Daily from the online site PokerStars. The deal with Endemol gives Challenge two new …