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WALTHAM, June 20: Internet portal Lycos is working with the broadband TV platform PermissionTV to offer a variety of video programming to its 25 million visitors. Lycos plans to use PermissionTV to acquire on-demand content, including episodic TV and feature …

VANCOUVER, June 20: Canadian animation house Studio B Productions has appointed VooDoo Entertainment’s Sandie Hatch as its licensing agent. Hatch will work on developing Canadian merchandising, licensing and promotional materials for the programs Yvon of the Yukon, D’Myna Leagues and …

NEW YORK, June 20: Next month, Lifetime Television in the U.S. will launch Angela’s Eyes, a crime drama executive produced by Crash’s Tom Nunan and Cathy Shulman. The series, from NBC Universal Television Studio, launches July 16 at 10 p.m. …

LOS ANGELES, June 20: Starz Entertainment Group has entered into a deal to provide content from Vongo, its online video download service, to Toshiba’s new gigabeat portable media devices. Vongo, launched at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, is a subscription-based …

REDWOOD CITY, June 20: San Francisco-based global online broadcaster MediaZone has announced a partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club for live, on-demand broadband coverage of over 250 Wimbledon games. Wimbledon Live, available at http://www.wimbledon.org/live, will feature live commentary, …

NORWALK, June 20: Hubbard Broadcasting’s ReelzChannel has acquired all seven seasons of CABLEready’s The Directors in advance of its September 27 U.S. rollout. The series, first launched on Starz Encore, profiles Hollywood’s top filmmakers, among them Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, …

TORONTO, June 19: As part of its fall schedule this year, Canada’s Teletoon has picked up six series from Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block for its late-night, 18-to-34-targeted programming lineup. "By acquiring the original Adult Swim titles, Teletoon is fulfilling …

NEW YORK, June 19: DTH platform SkyLife’s SkyHD channel in Korea is set to launch a daily two-hour block of programming drawn from five VOOM brands operated by Rainbow HD Holdings. The prime-time two-hour block will feature content from Ultra …

CYPRUS/LONDON, June 19: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has signed multi-year, multi-genre agreements with Cypriot pay-TV broadcaster Lumiere TV (LTV), in collaboration with the public free-TV broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). The deals cover a slate of blockbuster movies, Disney …

LONDON, June 19: ITN is rebranding its ITN Archive operation as ITN Source, with plans to invest £1 million to further build its footage and 3G content businesses. The new corporate identity is intended to underpin the company’s strategy of …