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EMERYVILLE/TORONTO, August 1: MobiTV has reached a deal to add four CHUM channels, including MuchMusic, to its mobile television service in Canada. “CHUM’s content is perfectly suited for MobiTV Canada’s viewers, who can tune in live anytime, anywhere to catch …

LOS ANGELES, July 31: Fox Soccer Channel has entered into a five-year programming deal with Soccer United Marketing (SUM) that includes live and exclusive English-language rights to a selection of Major League Soccer (MLS), international friendly and U.S. Men and …

SYDNEY, July 31: Australian pay-TV platform FOXTEL has commissioned a new drama, Dangerous, for launch late this year that will be rolled out globally by Southern Star International. The “Romeo and Juliet” story of forbidden love in set against two …

LONDON, July 31: Documentary and entertainment titles from Flame Television Production, including London’s Olympic Dream, a 45-minute special for Five, have been added to the offerings from Fremantle Archive Sales, the clip sales division of FremantleMedia. “Flame’s catalogue offers some …

HONG KONG, July 31: HBO Asia has reached a deal with the broadband platform now TV to launch a time-shifted feed of its HBO Signature channel in Hong Kong that will feature “completely unedited programming,” the company said. HBO Signature …

LONDON, July 31: Zonemedia has picked up more than 90 episodes of The Weather Channel series Storm Stories for its Zone Reality channels. Zonemedia has licensed from Collegia Capital the cable, satellite, DTT, IP, VOD and mobile rights for Storm …

NEW YORK, July 31: VOOM HD Networks is working with British production outfit Electric Sky on two new high-definition series, one for its Gallery HD network and the other for Ultra HD. Gallery HD, dedicated to the art world, will …

LONDON, July 31: New media content provider MoMedia International has inked a deal to provide a slate of titles to MSN users in the U.K. The deal covers Music View, featuring interviews with top artists; extreme sports footage in Extremity/Free …

MAINZ, July 31: ZDF Enterprises’ Christian Massmann and Thomas Sewing have been tapped to head up the ZDF.digital productions subsidiary as managing directors, effective immediately. Massmann was previously head of international program sales at ZDF Enterprises, and Thomas Sewing was …

LONDON, July 31: BT Vision, the upcoming television platform from British Telecommunications (BT), has named Marc Watson as commercial director, where he will oversee programming and content acquisition. Reporting to Dan Marks, the CEO of BT Television Services, Watson was …