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DUBAI, January 19: More than 75 buyers have confirmed their participation at the fifth Middle East Showcase by TV France International, taking place at the Dusit Hotel in Dubai on January 24 and January 25. The buyers include channel directors, …

PORT WASHINGTON, January 19: KOCH Vision has acquired the North American home video rights to four more seasons of the hit Australian drama McLeod’s Daughters from Southern Star International. McLeod’s Daughters, produced by Millennium Television and Nine Films and Television …

SAN FRANCISCO, January 19: Gonzalo Ferreyra has been promoted to VP of sales, publishing and home video at VIZ Media, effective immediately. Ferreyra will continue to report to Hidemi Fukuhara, the president and CEO of VIZ Media. He will oversee …

Citadel Looks to Take ION Private WEST PALM BEACH, January 19: The private equity firm Citadel Investment Group has made a bid to acquire ION Media Networks, valuing the company at about $1.4 billion. The proposal issued to ION today …

LONDON, January 19: LIVINGtv in the U.K. has picked up the basic cable rights to the first season of Bravo’s hit culinary talent search Top Chef from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. Top Chef is scheduled to air on the …

MIAMI, January 19: MTV Networks Latin America has licensed the U.S. edition of the Endemol format Exposed, as well as the rights to develop its own version of the dating show. Exposed uses Layered Voice Analysis (LVA) to let its …

HONG KONG/MUMBAI, January 18: STAR Group’s Internet portal indya.com has launched a downloadable video service featuring content like Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii from its Indian networks. The content available on the platform will be culled from STAR’s various services in …

NEW DELHI, January 18: The Indian government has banned the Sony Pictures Television International channel AXN from local airwaves for a period of two months over supposedly lewd content. "It has been decided to prohibit transmission or retransmission of the …

LOS ANGELES, January 18: American Idol returned to FOX on Tuesday night with an all-time high opening viewership of 37.3 million. This was the highest ever opening for the FremantleMedia show in its history. Viewership for the season six premiere …

NEW YORK, January 18: According to TNS Media Intelligence, advertising during the Super Bowl game has accounted for 682 minutes—over 11 full hours—of commercial time throughout the past 20 years, representing 221 different advertisers and translating into $1.72 billion in …