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SYDNEY, August 24: ABC Enterprises has tapped former Nickelodeon Australia executive Katie Cordes to fill the newly created position of manager of product and content development. Cordes will provide a central point of contact for producers and content developers who …

ATLANTA/ALVISO, August 24: Cox Communications, the fourth-largest cable platform in the U.S., has entered into a deal to make TiVo's DVR and interactive advertising service available to select subscribers. Under the terms of the agreement, TiVo will customize its cable …

NEW YORK, August 24: For the first time in its history, Survivor, returning to CBS next month, will divide its teams—or “tribes”—along racial lines. Previous seasons have seen teams formed by designated leaders, or along gender or age lines. The …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: Brad Greenspan, the founder of MySpace.com, has launched BroadWebAsia (BWA), a new venture targeted at building social networking, entertainment and Internet search properties across Asia, with an initial focus on China. Greenspan previously served as founder, …

NEW YORK, August 24: The total number of television households within the U.S. is now estimated at 111.4 million, an increase of 1.1 percent since last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen's estimate of television viewers within the population …

LONDON, August 24: LIVINGtv has acquired the rights to the ABC sitcom Help Me Help You starring Ted Danson from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The deal gives LIVINGtv first-run rights to the show in the U.K. for terrestrial and …

WINNIPEG, August 23: Granada Media Group will join CanWest Global Communications Corp. in offloading its stake in Ireland’s TV3 network to funds managed by Doughty Hanson & Co, with the transaction expected to close at the end of this month. …

HONG KONG, August 23: EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen, Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries and Hunan Satellite chief Wei Wen Bin, are among the executives slated to take part in the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia’s annual CASBAA Convention, …

LOS ANGELES, August 23: USA Network has ordered a fourth season of 13 episodes of its critically acclaimed original drama The 4400 for launch next summer. Production is slated to begin in Vancouver in early 2007. The show, from CBS …

LONDON, August 23: A deal between Turner Broadcasting System Europe and France Telecom will bring Cartoon Network content to Orange subscribers in seven European markets. Orange will offer up a daily updated, localized selection of Cartoon Network shows to mobile …