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LONDON, August 15: Content from Entertainment Rights, NBD Television, Portman Film and Television and Wall to Wall Television will be made available on a video-on-demand basis on BT’s TV-via-broadband service that launches this fall. Entertainment Rights will provide Postman Pat …

NEW YORK, August 15: Sesame Workshop has promoted Celia Schneiderman to manager of international television distribution, with responsibility for program sales in Asia, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean and in-flight. Schneiderman reports to Renee Mascara, the VP of international television …

PHILADELPHIA, August 15: World Wrestling Entertainment’s subscription video-on-demand service, WWE 24/7 On Demand, is now available on Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S. WWE 24/7 On Demand is offered up as part of Comcast’s ON DEMAND lineup, featuring …

TORONTO/MUMBAI, August 15: At the XVI International AIDS Conference in Canada, STAR India announced a two-year extension of its relationship with the Heroes Project, a non-governmental public service campaign in India that promotes HIV/AIDS awareness. The extension of the campaign …

SAN DIEGO, August 14: The rock band Supernova has filed for a preliminary injunction to block the band being formed in the CBS reality show Rock Star: Supernova from performing or recording under that name. The Mark Burnett-produced Rock Star: …

LONDON, August 14: The Italian Internet firm Tiscali is merging its British broadband operations with Video Networks International’s VOD outfit Homechoice. Video Networks International is offloading Homechoice in exchange for an 11.5 percent stake in Tiscali UK, valuing Homechoice at …

CHATSWORTH, August 14: Image Entertainment has signed a ten-year output agreement to distribute theatrical motion pictures from Relativity Media on home video—including DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc—and digital formats. Relativity most recently provided financing and co-produced or executive produced with …

LONDON, August 14: Cartoon Network Too in the U.K. will launch a preschool block, called Cartoonito, on September 4, airing daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cartoon Network EMEA’s VP of programming, acquisitions and presentation, Cecilia Persson, has already …

MONACO, August 14: With two months to go, SPORTELMonaco has sold 85 percent of its floor space for this year’s event, set for October 16 to 19 at the Grimaldi Forum. Confirmed exhibitors include Alfred Haber Distribution, BBC Worldwide, the …

NEW YORK, August 14: In an exclusive multi-year deal with Touchstone Television, Gameloft has picked up the rights to develop, publish and distribute mobile games based on ABC's Lost and Desperate Housewives. "Both Lost and Desperate Housewives have loyal and …