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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 …

NEW YORK, January 2: ImaginAsian TV (iaTV) is teaming with Geneon Entertainment, a division of Dentsu, for a new two-hour prime time anime block called Anime EnerG. The block will initially feature the Geneon titles Elemental Gelade, Kyoh Kara Maoh!, …

TORONTO, January 2: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has completed the acquisition of the independent film companies Castle Hill Productions and Dream LLC. The deal gives Peach Arch the rights to some 500 titles, as well as a U.S. distribution and …

ARLINGTON, January 2: Jason Seiken has been appointed as PBS' senior VP of interactive, reporting to chief content officer John Boland and based at the PBS headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Seiken will oversee PBS's new media content and services, including …

ENGLEWOOD, December 22: Liberty Media has agreed to swap its 16.3-percent stake in News Corporation for News Corp.’s 38.5-percent interest in the DIRECTV Group as well as regional sports networks in Denver, Pittsburgh, and Seattle and $550 million in cash. …

BRUSSELS, December 22: The European Commission has ruled that the Swedish state-owned terrestrial network operator Teracom did not receive illegal subsidies in building its DTT platform. The EC began investigating Teracom in 2004 after receiving complaints that it had received …

LONGWOOD, December 22: Robert E. Yde, a television syndication industry veteran, passed away earlier this week after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Yde and his wife, Cassie Yde, ran The Television Syndication Company, a Florida-based TV program …

LOS ANGELES, December 22: Twentieth Century Fox has opened up its archives and donated more than 200 rare documents, including signed contracts and internal memos, to be sold at auction to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). MPTF …

MUNICH/LONDON, December 22: TV-Loonland’s Little Princess has been licensed into France, following its strong performance on the Milkshake! block on Five in the U.K. The preschool series has secured a terrestrial slot on France 5 as well as a cable …

STAMFORD, December 22: World Wrestling Entertainment has signed an exclusive content agreement deal with Heylife, a mobile, Internet and TV content producer and distributor based in Portugal. The deal will see Heylife rolling out WWE standard and premium package downloads, …