Top Stories

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14: The Federal Communications Commission has approved the $17-billion sale of Adelphia Communications Corporation to Time Warner and Comcast Corporation. In clearing the deal that was first announced in April 2005, Adelphia also permitted the exchange of …

TORONTO, July 14: Alliance Atlantis Communications has licensed the second window rights for the CSI franchise in numerous markets, generating about $250 million in license fees. Ted Riley, the executive managing director of international content distribution for Alliance Atlantis, says …

LONDON, July 14: Mobile Streams aims to boost its mobile entertainment business in the Asia Pacific with the acquisition of Hong Kong-based Mobilemode in a cash and stock deal. Founded in 1999, Mobilemode delivers mobile entertainment content and services to …

LOS ANGELES, July 14: USA Network has acquired the cable television rights to Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest from Buena Vista Television, and has greenlit a pilot that will be executive produced by Lorne Michaels. The Johnny …

DOHA, July 14: Al Jazeera has resumed plans to set up a bureau in Madrid, a process begun two years ago by journalist Tayseer Allouny, who remains in a Spanish prison after being convicted last year on charges he provided …

BARCELONA, July 14: Neptuno Films has secured a range of TV, IPTV, mobile, home video and merchandising deals in the Asia Pacific on key kids’ shows like Danny&Daddy and Dougie in Disguise. In China, via a deal with X-Bell, 300 …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON, July 14: Fox TV Studios-UK (FtvS-UK) has appointed Damon Pattison as head of entertainment as it works to expand its slate of prime-time entertainment and game show programming in the British market. Pattison joins FtvS-UK—formerly named Scream Films, …

NEW YORK, July 13: Visitors to the TVLand.com website will soon be able to access several classic TV shows, including Star Trek, as well as interstitial series, celebrity interviews and other content via a new broadband video player. "TVLand.com has …

LONDON, July 13: Former members of successful boy bands will be brought together in a new series from MTV Networks International that will be made available to all MTV channels globally and will air in a terrestrial slot in the …

TORONTO, July 13: Lightworks Program Distribution has appointed Peace Arch Television as its exclusive television distributor in the Canadian market. Among the titles included in the new partnership are CS Lewis: Beyond Narnia; the stop motion animation Davey & Goliath …