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DENVER, January 3: Liberty Global has completed its acquisition of Czech cable platform Karneval and the sale of its Belgian cable business UPC Belgium. Karneval, the second largest cable operator in the Czech Republic, was acquired for 322.5 million euros …

LOS ANGELES, January 3: The Viacom-owned BET network has acquired all 50 episodes of The Wire, HBO’s critically acclaimed drama series. Each episode will air on the basic cable network in a 90-minute block. The first three episodes will be …

NEW YORK/SEOUL, January 3: Home Box Office has teamed with SK Telecom for a mobile VOD service in Korea featuring full episodes of the premium network’s key original series. The service, which launched December 22, features full episodes of Sex …

TORONTO, January 3: Corus Entertainment has launched SCREAM Extreme on Demand, a VOD platform for SCREAM, the horror, suspense and thriller network it operates in partnership with Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting. Corus Entertainment already operates on-demand offerings for Movie Central, YTV …

NEW YORK, January 3: Top Chef, Bravo’s top-rated search for culinary talent, has been renewed for a third season, with a nationwide casting call beginning this month. “The second season of Top Chef has outperformed even our highest expectations both …

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 3: On January 15, in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, AmericanLife TV Network will premiere the documentary A Journey To Darfur, featuring George Clooney and his father, reporter Nick Clooney, on their visit to …

LONDON, January 2: British Sky Broadcasting says it is on track to reach its target of 25 percent Sky+ DVR penetration well in advance of the original 2010 deadline, after passing the 2 million mark this week. The number of …

ENGLEWOOD, January 2: Court TV was pulled from DISH Network yesterday after parent companies Turner Broadcasting System and EchoStar failed to agree on new carriage terms. “We were unable to reach an agreement with EchoStar and, as a result, we …

RIO DE JANEIRO/BUENOS AIRES, January 2: Globosat Programadora and Playboy TV Latin America have partnered to create Playboy do Brasil Entretenimento to boost the quality and local production of adult content in Brazil. The new brand, which will begin operations …

CENTENNIAL, January 2: AZN Television, the Comcast-owned cable network targeting Asian American viewers, has lined up a range of new series and movies for the first quarter of this year, including the Korean drama Jumong. The big-budget historical drama that …