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HONG KONG, August 29: Celestial Pictures has launched WaTV, a channel exploring youth lifestyles in modern china, on the pay-TV platform Astro All Asia Networks in Malaysia and Brunei. The channel, according to Celestial, is devoted to the “trendy youth …

BURBANK, August 29: Buena Vista Productions is working with Fujisankei Communications International to develop and produce an American version of Fuji Television’s reality game show Run for Money. Reality entertainment veteran Scott Messick has been tapped as executive producer for …

LONDON, August 29: Granada International has sold the BBC One drama series The Impressionists to more than 100 territories around the world, including the U.S., with PBS, and Latin America, with HBO. Other broadcasters on board include CHUM TV in …

SEATTLE, August 29: ReelTime Rentals today announced an agreement with PorchLight Entertainment to non-exclusively offer family movies and children's entertainment from their library on the ReelTimeTV.net broadband platform. The deal also covers selections from PorchLight’s non-fiction and music division. A …

LOS ANGELES, August 29: As part of its expansion plans, First Look Studios has appointed Stuart Ford as president of First Look International, and Ken DuBow has been tapped as the president of a new division, First Look Television. Ford …

PALISADES PARK, August 28: Alfred Haber Distribution has secured the international distribution rights to the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, launching on the CBS Sports block next month. The first season of 10×1-hour episodes premieres September 16 on CBS. The network has …

HONG KONG, August 28: Buena Vista International Television–Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) has appointed Alistair Jennings to the role of sales director for Australia and New Zealand, where he succeeds Greg Johnson, who was recently promoted to VP of sales for the …

LOS ANGELES, August 28: HBO and NBC were the big winners at the Primetime Emmys last night, which crowned FOX’s 24 as best drama, NBC’s The Office as best comedy, the HBO/Channel 4 co-production Elizabeth I as best mini-series, and …

ENGLEWOOD, August 28: EchoStar Communications Corporation will shell out $100 million to settle its nine-year litigation with the ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliate associations. Under terms of the settlement, EchoStar will expand its local network channel service from approximately …

EDINBURGH, August 28: Delivering the MacTaggart lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival over the weekend, outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen attacked Channel 4, saying that the broadcaster, which won the festival’s best terrestrial channel award, should “grow …