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BUDAPEST, July 11: Sony Pictures Television International today announced plans to launch two new thematic channels in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary: AXN SCI-FI and AXN CRIME. The ad-supported channels will be dubbed into local languages in their markets and …

LONDON, July 11: Fremantle International Distribution (FID) notched up a slate of Central and Eastern European deals at DISCOP last month on key titles such as the six-part Prehistoric Park. The factual series Prehistoric Park from Impossible Pictures sold to …

PARIS, July 11: Sanjiv Ahuja, the CEO of mobile operator Orange, will deliver the keynote address during MIPCOM’s Mobile TV day on October 11. Ahuja will provide a look at the potential of the mobile entertainment business and explore the …

TORONTO/LONDON, July 11: DECODE Entertainment has received a commission from Canada’s YTV for the new animated action comedy Urban Vermin as well as a second season order on Planet Sketch from Teletoon Canada and CiTV. The 26×22-minute Urban Vermin stars …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, July 11: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group Awards Working Group has announced the finalists for the Outstanding Achievement for Interactive Television Emmy Awards, which will be presented at the Creative Arts Awards …

LAS VEGAS, July 11: At the Video Software Dealers Association conference today, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment, HP, Intel, Microsoft and Toshiba announced the formation of the North American HD DVD Promotional Group. The non-profit …

PASADENA, July 11: Dan Rather, who exited CBS last month, is set to produce and host a weekly news show for Mark Cuban’s HDNet. The series, Dan Rather Reports, premieres exclusively on the high-definition cable channel this October. The one-hour …

LOS ANGELES, July 11: Twentieth Century Fox has inked a deal to bring a slate of its movie content to Japanese cable platform J:COM’s video on demand service, including the titles Fantastic Four and Walk the Line. The agreement with …

MENLO PARK, July 11: California-based Knowledge Networks has released a study indicating that 50 percent of those who subscribe to video cell phone services—and 30 percent of video iPod owners—never use these devices for viewing video content. The report, How …

MIAMI, July 11: Citing Nielsen Television Index research, Univision Communication says that about 50 million viewers tuned in to the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament on its three television networks— Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión—including 29 million Hispanics and 21 million …