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SINGAPORE, July 26: MTV Networks Asia Pacific has postponed its first ever MTV Asia Movie Awards, originally slated to take place October 6 in Singapore, due to “scheduling issues,” the company said today. The announcement comes just over a month …

LONDON, July 26: ITV is set to air its own version of America’s Got Talent, the Simon Cowell format that has been a hit for NBC this summer. The British series, from Simon Cowell’s production company SYCO TV, will see …

SILVER SPRING, July 26: On October 1, Discovery Communications will launch its worldwide initiative Discovery Atlas, a five-year project focusing on the culture, geography and natural phenomena of a range of countries, kicking off with China. October 1 sees the …

NEW YORK, July 26: The N has given a second season order to MarVista Entertainment’s teen-targeted surf series Beyond the Break, with rollout slated for early 2007. The N, Viacom’s nighttime network for teens, has ordered an additional 10 half-hour …

MAINZ/NEW YORK, July 26: After a 16-year stint, Horst Müller is exiting his post as the head of ZDF Enterprises’ New York office. As of next month, the operation will be run by Susanne Müller. Her primary mission will be …

LONDON, July 26: Baby TV has inked a carriage deal with Dutch MSO Casema, which has about 1.4 million basic subscribers in the Netherlands. With carriage already on UPC’s systems in the Netherlands, as well as on Multikabel, Delta, CAIW …

ALVISO, July 26: OMD and Nissan are among the companies that have signed up as clients of TiVo’s new Audience Research and Measurement (ARM) division, offering advertisers and media-buyers second-by-second data and analysis on DVR viewing of commercials. "TiVo's Commercial …

LONDON, July 26: A range of NBC Universal content will be made available on a download-to-own and VOD basis on British Telecommunications’ BT Vision platform in the U.K. The deal was announced today by Universal Pictures UK, NBC Universal International …

LOS ANGELES/REDMOND/DENVER, July 26: FOX’s Emmy-winning sitcom Arrested Development, which was cancelled after three critically acclaimed seasons, will soon be available online, in high definition and on basic cable, via deals with MSN, HDNet and G4. "We're thrilled that this …

MUMBAI/BURBANK, July 25: The Walt Disney Company has entered into a deal to acquire the Indian kids’ network Hungama TV, and is taking a stake in Hungama’s current owner, Indian media company UTV Software Communications. Launched in September 2004, Hungama …