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| NDS Escapes $1 Billion Piracy Claims |
| SANTA ANA, May 16: A federal court jury has denied a $1-billion damages claim in a piracy suit brought by satellite platform DISH Network against the News Corporation majority owned conditional-access company NDS. |
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| Loss Widens at Univision |
| NEW YORK, May 16: While first-quarter revenues at Univision Communications gained 5.8 percent to $458.8 million, the Hispanic broadcaster’s net loss more than doubled from $67 million to $166.2 million. |
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| Nielsen Reveals Data Trends for American Idol |
| NEW YORK, May 16: Ahead of the finale of FOX’s American Idol next week, The Nielsen Company has released data trends about the hit reality talent competition show and its contestants, with the 35-to-49 demographic comprising nearly 29 percent of the total audience for the series’ seventh season. |
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| TV-Loonland Reaches Deal for Metrodome Stake |
| MUNICH/LONDON, May 16: TV-Loonland has reached a deal to sell off a 50.1-percent stake in U.K.-based film distributor Metrodome Group to Romania’s MediaPro Management. |
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| The Weinstein Company, STAR Ink Pan-Asia Output Deal |
| CANNES/HONG KONG, May 16: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed an exclusive five-year pan-Asian pay-TV output deal with News Corporation’s STAR that will make a range of films available on STAR Movies. |
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| Paramount, Coolroom in Digital Content Deal |
| LONDON, May 16: Paramount Digital Entertainment has struck an agreement to make a selection of new releases from Paramount Pictures available for purchase in the U.K. and Ireland through the digital entertainment store Coolroom. |
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| MTVNI Launches PSA for Burma Tragedy |
| NEW YORK, May 16: MTV Networks International has teamed up with Ogilvy & Mather and filmmakers from Shilo to create a public-service announcement asking the global community to take action in the wake of the recent tragedy in Burma. |
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| New Eco Series for Discovery’s Planet Green |
| SILVER SPRING, May 16: Planet Green, Discovery Communications’ new 24/7 eco-friendly network, is set to begin airing the new 13-part environmentally focused series Alter Eco, starring Adrian Grenier of HBO’s Entourage, on June 9 at 9 p.m. |
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| Jaman Offers Up Movies for Free Streaming |
| SAN MATEO, May 16: The online film portal Jaman.com is making more than 100 high-definition movies available for streaming on a free, ad-supported basis. |
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| NGCI Sets Live Broadcast for Flight Across English Channel |
| WASHINGTON D.C., May 16: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has teamed up with Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy and Cirrus Communications for a live broadcast of the first-ever solo jet-propelled flight across the English Channel. |
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| Animax Presents New Original Multiplatform Project |
| SINGAPORE, May 16: Sony’s youth-skewing anime channel Animax has unveiled LaMB, the first animated program produced under the $6-million Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and SPE Networks—Asia Joint Production Fund, which aims to foster local production in Singapore. |
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| U.S. Premiere of RFK Must Die to Air on DOC |
| NASHVILLE, May 16: Documentary Channel (DOC) will showcase the U.S. premiere of the investigative documentary RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 9 at 8 p.m., with an encore presentation June 25 at 9 p.m. |
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| SingTel’s mio TV Launches New Channel |
| SINGAPORE, May 16: TRACE, an international TV channel dedicated to urban music and culture, will be available exclusively on SingTel’s pay-TV platform mio TV in Singapore, starting this Saturday, May 17. |
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| UKTV Style Commissions New Format |
| LONDON, May 16: UKTV Style has commissioned a new format, Ty’s Big British Adventure, which sees Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Ty Pennington set out to transform the Cornish coastal town of Portreath. |
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| CTC Media Appoints DTV Director |
| MOSCOW, May 16: CTC Media has named former Channel 1+1 executive Vladimir Kartashkov as the general director of DTV Group. |
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| FME Taps Clear Vision Exec for Home-Entertainment Division |
| LONDON, May 16: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Martin Adams, the former managing director of Clear Vision, as the business development director for home entertainment. |
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| ER Bolsters Team |
| NEW YORK, May 16: Entertainment Rights has named Fabian Milburn to the role of senior VP of business affairs for North America and global digital, effective immediately. |
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| L.A. Screenings Suite Directory |
| A directory of exhibitors attending the L.A. Screenings and the location of their suites. |
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| CHANNEL PROFILES |
| Nat Geo Music | | The 24-hour channel aims to take viewers on a musical journey around the world. | 
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| Seeing the Forest and the Trees |
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