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LAS VEGAS, January 8: A slate of high-definition films from Lionsgate, including An American Haunting and Saw III, will be available for download on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace, it was announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show. The deal …

LONDON, January 8: BBC Global Channels Asia has launched BBC Entertainment on Astro, Malaysia’s DTH platform. BBC Entertainment will premiere some of the U.K.'s most popular series on Astro, including dramas and suspense thrillers such as Doctor Who, Footballers' Wives, …

NEW YORK, January 8: qubo, the new television and multimedia network for children, launched its 24/7 digital channel at 6:00 a.m. ET today across ION Media Networks’ nationwide television station group. The channel, which emphasizes literacy and positive values, debuts …

LONDON, January 8: The ABC series Ugly Betty, distributed by Buena Vista International Television, launched on Channel 4 on Friday night and attracted the third-highest audience for a U.S. series on the channel in the past decade, after the debut …

LONDON, January 8: The Latin American sales team of FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold the comedy format Three’s Company to two broadcasters in the region, Chile-based Megavision and Ecuador-based Ecuavision. Local production company Roos Film will produce 50 episodes of the …

LONDON/SANTA MONICA, January 8: Genius Products has reached long-term agreements with Entertainment Rights (ER) and Classic Media, which ER is in the process of acquiring, for the distribution, co-production and co-financing of home video and video game productions for family, …

HOLLYWOOD, January 8: International Broadcast Communications and Hopscotch Entertainment have signed an eight-year deal to distribute Midnight Movies, an 80-minute documentary on cult films, throughout Australia. The exclusive agreement was initiated by IBC’s London representative, Alessio diCapua and gives the …

LOS ANGELES, January 8: MySpace will collaborate with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to honor premium broadband content on the Internet. MySpace will serve as the exclusive online partner to the 2007 Broadband Emmy Awards submissions, encouraging …

HOUSTON, January 8: Crown Castle International’s Modeo subsidiary has launched a live, commercial quality mobile TV beta service in New York City after more than three years of development. The Modeo service includes live video content from, among others, Fox …

OVERLAND PARK, January 8: Sprint becomes the first U.S. carrier to announce more than one million customers with mobile video capability across its Power Vision and Vision networks spanning 8,700 cities and communities nationwide. In 2003, Sprint was the first …