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PALO ALTO, August 17: A slate of programs from National Geographic are now available on a download-to-rent basis on the Open Media Network. OMN boasts sharp DVD-quality video and speedy downloads. It has secured the Nat Geo titles via a …

LONDON, August 17: UKTV Style has inked a deal with the BBC and Haymarket Exhibitions to relaunch The Clothes Show two decades since it first aired on the British pubcaster. The channel has commissioned Shine Limited, in association with Giant …

LONDON, August 17: DLT Entertainment has received a commission from BBC One for a 9×30-minute seventh season of My Family, along with 50-minute Christmas special. Through its sixth series, the sitcom regularly achieved a viewing share of 30 percent or …

LONDON, August 17: British independent Seven Stones Media has been asked by BBC Two to create a 10×30-minute prime-time version of its daytime series Return to Tuscany. The show will run in a 7 p.m. slot, beginning this fall. Sold …

LONDON, August 17: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced several new appointments as it looks to boost its home entertainment and archive sales businesses. David Bealing has been appointed to the newly created position of commercial director, home entertainment. In this …

MINNEAPOLIS, August 17: Navarre Corporation, the parent company of FUNimation Entertainment, has appointed Marvin Gleicher as VP of DVD content acquisition, effective immediately. Gleicher will have primary responsibility for acquiring and marketing DVD entertainment content for the company’s distribution segment …

NEW YORK, August 17: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who embarked on an aggressive mission to restructure Time Warner early this year, is forming a new fund for the sole purpose of investing in the media conglomerate, according to the New …

LONDON, August 17: Shares in British cable company NTL were up today on press reports of a potential £10 billion takeover bid by a consortium of private equity firms. According to Reuters, the group is led by Providence Equity with …

NEW YORK, August 17: The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric will become the first network evening news broadcast to be simulcast live on the Internet when it launches September 5 at 6:30 p.m. In addition, the broadcast will be …

NEW YORK, August 17: The New York Television Festival kicks off September 12 with a premiere of Kidnapped, Sony Pictures Television’s buzzed-about series for NBC that makes its broadcast premiere on September 20 at 10 p.m. The show, set and …