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WEST PALM BEACH, January 24: ION Media Networks, formerly Paxson Communications, is rebranding its flagship i network as ION Television. The channel, available in more than 90 million U.S. homes, will be introduced to audiences as ION Television on January …

NEW YORK, January 24: Oxygen will launch a social network for women, Oomph.net, and its first broadband channel, SheDidWhat.tv, this month. Oomph.net is a social network that will allow women to unite online and connect with other women through shared …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: Lifetime Television has given a second season order to the reality series Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead from Merv Griffin Entertainment. The show, set to return this summer, features young British psychic Williams communicating with …

LONDON, January 24: Screentime Partners is rebranding as Outright Distribution, following its acquisition in the fall by the U.K.’s Shed Group. Outright relaunches with an enlarged catalogue, with about 60 percent finished programs and 40 percent formats. The expanded slate, …

LONDON, January 24: LIVINGtv has signed Britain’s Next Top Model star and model Abbey Clancy to appear in a new series featuring Janice Dickinson, former supermodel and star of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. Each episode of the six-part, as-yet-untitled …

WASHINGTON, January 24: Scott Mills has been promoted to president of BET Networks’ newly formed digital media group. Mills, who retains his position as CFO of BET Networks, will lead the company's portfolio of digital brands and oversee the continued …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide has named Sarah Marti as creative services executive, a newly created position at the company. Marti will work with FLW’s licensing teams in Los Angeles, New York and Miami, and the central Creative …

SYDNEY, January 24: Rick Maier has been named to a senior development role at Australian production outfit dSPBeyond. Based in the company’s Sydney office, Maier will report to Stuart Clark, the director of production and development. Maier has more than …

BURBANK, January 24: In the hotly contested Monday 9 p.m. slot, with NBC’s Heroes and FOX’s 24 going head to head, the winner was in fact CBS’s Two and a Half Men, which pulled in 15.85 million viewers. Heroes, however, …

NEW YORK, January 24: According to an Associated Press report, HBO has filed a lawsuit against EchoStar Communications Corp., which operates the DISH Network DTH platform, seeking $90 million in unpaid license fees. The report notes that the suit was …