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NEW YORK, July 19: ESPN’s Sunday-night telecast of The 2006 ESPYS, hosted by Lance Armstrong, was seen by the biggest audience in the show’s 14-year history, averaging more than 2.5 million households and delivering about 3.6 million viewers. “We are …

BURBANK, July 19: The Walt Disney Company has confirmed plans for a revamp of its movie studio, shifting to a greater emphasis on Disney-branded releases and eliminating about 650 jobs, with Nina Jacobson, the president of Walt Disney Motion Pictures …

LONDON, July 19: Fremantle International Distribution (FID) has picked up the rights to distribute the music series Live From Abbey Road, featuring performances by The Killers, The Who, Paul Simon and Diana Ross, among others, at the famed Abbey Road …

LONDON, July 19: According to data from ZenithOptimedia, the World Cup final between France and Italy on July 9 was watched by 313 million viewers in 56 countries. ZenithOptimedia’s specialist consultancy Sponsorship Intelligence (SI) is the official provider of 2006 …

ATLANTA, July 19: Turner Broadcasting System’s broadband gaming network GameTap has launched an original animated series, Computer Lab. The series, for GameTap’s Animation channel, was produced by GameTap and Soup2Nuts, the creators of Home Movies, which airs on Cartoon Network’s …

MEXICO CITY, July 19: The Televisa/Univision saga continues with the Mexican media giant now saying that it has not yet ruled out a new takeover offer for the market-leading Hispanic broadcaster after losing the bidding war over the company last …

LOS ANGELES, July 19: Reality TV stars Rob and Amber Mariano, known for their stints on Survivor and The Amazing Race, have landed a new project at the Fox Reality channel. Rob and Amber were contestants on Survivor: Marquesas and …

LONDON, July 19: The BBC, as part of its Creative Future initiative to ensure that British viewers can receive its programming on multiplatform devices, has announced an organizational restructure that includes placing director of television, Jana Bennett, in charge of …

NORWALK, July 19: In its first trip to DISCOP in three years, CABLEready shored up deals on more than 45 hours of programming, inking agreements with 4! StoryTV in Hungary and HBO Central & Eastern Europe’s Spektrum Channel. 4! StoryTV, …

BURBANK, July 19: Subscribers to the online rental service Netflix will be offered an advance look at the premieres of the new NBC shows Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Kidnapped six weeks prior to their broadcast premiere dates. …