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NEW YORK/CAMBRIDGE, September 22: MTV Networks (MTVN) is acquiring Harmonix Music Systems, the developer of the PlayStation 2 hit Guitar Hero and other music gaming titles. This deal demonstrates MTV's commitment to music and furthers its strategy of engaging music …

LOS ANGELES, September 22: After being moved from its Sunday night post-Desperate Housewives slot, Grey's Anatomy gave a surprisingly strong performance in its season premiere last night, beating out CSI. According to Nielsen Media Research’s Fast National ratings service, at …

NEW YORK, September 22: Time Warner announced it has agreed to sell AOL France's Internet access business to Neuf Cegetel, a French telecommunications network operator, for about $365 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Neuf Cegetel will …

MEXICO CITY, September 22: Telemundo, the U.S. Spanish-language broadcast network, and the Mexican company Grupo Xtra would like to start a TV network in Mexico and have petitioned the Mexican government to auction additional broadcast frequencies. According to Reuters, Telemundo …

TORONTO, September 21: As part of its continued roll out of broadband video, Global Television will be offering American prime-time programming as well as completed episodes from the network's Canadian news, drama, comedy and documentary programming, on its website. This …

NEW YORK, September 21: Despite increasing competition from new media platforms and devices, such as iPods and streaming video, television viewing is on the rise in the U.S., according to Nielsen Media Research. During the 2005-2006 television year, which ended …

TORONTO, September 21: Portfolio Entertainment has promoted Aron Dunn to the position of manager of creative development. Dunn joined Portfolio Entertainment in January as a development executive. In his new role, he will oversee the acquisition of new intellectual properties …

NORWALK, September 21: CABLEready has sold its real-crime investigation series Accident Investigator to Hungary and the Czech Republic’s Spektrum Channel, Sweden’s TV4 Fakta, and Thailand’s UBC. The host of the show, Rusty Haight, entered the Guinness Book of World Records …

LOS ANGELES, September 21: Gary Scott Thompson, the creator of the NBC drama Las Vegas, is working on two new dramas, one for CBS and the other for NBC. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Protect and Serve for CBS is …

LONDON, September 21: In preparation for Teletubbies’ tenth anniversary, Ragdoll and BBC Worldwide have created a new joint venture called Ragdoll Worldwide. Besides exploiting the current catalogue of Ragdoll programming, the joint venture will launch two new exciting properties, In …