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KUALA LUMPUR, November 20: Discovery Networks Asia is partnering with the National Film Development Corporation (FINAS) and the Ministry of Culture, Arts & Heritage of Malaysia to commission FTFM Malaysia, an initiative designed to showcase the talents of up-and-coming Malaysian …

LONDON, November 20: In a surprise move, BSkyB has acquired a 17.9-percent stake in ITV for £940 million, thus becoming the broadcaster's biggest shareholder, according to Media Guardian. BSkyB’s purchase of 696 million shares of ITV at 135p a share …

NEW YORK, November 20: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has given producer-director Steven Spielberg its Founders Award for his "long and distinguished career in television,” and named Ronald S. Lauder, former U.S. ambassador to Austria, recipient of …

LONDON, November 20: Ofcom has announced a total ban in Britain on junk food advertising around all children's programming, on all children's channels and any program in any daypart that has a "particular appeal" to under 16-year-olds, according to Media …

LONDON, November 20: Fireworks has acquired the international rights to a new 22 x 1-hour drama series called Blood Ties. Blood Ties, produced by Toronto’s Kaleidoscope Entertainment and Vancouver’s Insight Film Studios in association with CHUM Television, is scheduled to …

LONDON, November 20: FremantleMedia Enterprises’s slate of programming at the Asia Television Forum (ATF) will focus on entertainment and reality shows. A music television event spearheads FremantleMedia Enterprises’s slate: the series Live From Abbey Road. The Killers, Diana Ross, Pink …

SILVER SPRING, November 17: Discovery Communications has hired NBC executive David Zaslav as its new president and chief executive. Zaslav, the president of NBC Universal Cable, will replace Judith McHale, who will step down at the beginning of December. John …

WARSAW, November 17: MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and ITI Neovision, a subsidiary of the Polish media and entertainment company ITI Group, will launch The MGM Channel for Poland next month and make it available in high-definition. The …

LONDON/MUNICH, November 17: Buena Vista International Television [BVITV] has concluded a multi-year pay-per-view licensing agreement with the On Demand Group, the pay-per-view partner of cable operator Kabel Deutschland. This pact, which was announced by Tom Toumazis, the executive VP and …

LOS ANGELES, November 17: Granada America has formed a joint venture with Play On TV, a company specializing in viewer-participation television, to expand its interactive television initiatives in the U.S. market. Through its parent ITV, Granada is already a major …