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U.S. Premieres of Torchwood: Children of Earth, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead and Being Human to Air in HD NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- BBC Worldwide launches BBC AMERICA HD on July 20 with the high-definition simulcast of BBC AMERICA. BBC AMERICA HD kicks off with an extraordinary week of sci-fi U.S. premieres - the return of the channel's highest rated series, Torchwood, the latest Doctor Who special, Planet of the Dead, the BBC AMERICA co-production, Being Human and the thrilling...

BUFFALO, N.Y., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Synacor, a Buffalo company that is enabling cross-platform delivery of content and services, announced today that George Chamoun, co-founder and senior vice president, client services, has been identified as one of the leading executives under the age of 40 in the cable telecommunications industry. Chamoun, a 34-year-old graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and a native of the city, was honored by Multichannel News as one of the...

World's Largest Broadcast News Operation Partners with 1Cast for First multi-platform Video Product LAS VEGAS, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- CTIA -- 1Cast, the revolutionary broadcast platform that delivers up-to-the-minute news video to the web and to subscribers' Smartphones, today launched a multi-platform partnership with BBC World News to distribute the global broadcaster's daily news content to consumers. The BBC is the world's largest broadcast news operation, producing 120 hours of...

Archbishop of Canterbury Roman Williams, the Church of England's top bishop, says Christian programming is getting the short end of the stick on the BCC. The Sunday Telegraph reported Williams complained to BBC Director General Mark Thompson about a decline in the time allocated to religious programs being offered by the British TV and radio broadcaster. Other Church of England officials have contended Christian program is also taking a back seat to other religions when it comes to BBC...

British TV and radio personality Jonathan Ross, who was suspended for a widely criticized on-air prank, has been shortlisted for a BAFTA award. The Times of London said the BBC submitted the television chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross for BAFTA consideration in the best entertainment performance category just weeks after suspending Ross for three months because a bawdy joke he played with comedian Russell Brand on Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs on the radio garnered 40,000...

NEW YORK, March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BBC World News marks its return to New York City this week on NYCTV, with an exclusive one-on-one interview with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, airing on Friday, March 20, conducted by Washington-based special correspondent Philippa Thomas. BBC World News - with its new format, set and team of anchors and reporters - delivers the legendary newsgathering talents of the BBC to New York public television audiences with the newscast's...

BERLIN, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Avinity Systems and Virgin Media are working together to explore how the digital TV platform could evolve and allow for engaging, next generation entertainment and on-demand services. Avinity's RenderCast(TM) platform can bring rich media experiences - such as Flash - to existing customers. The platform is network-based and streams the user interface, enabling interactive services and access to on-demand content over any network to any existing...

LONDON, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sky has expanded its online TV offering with the addition of six new live TV channels, including two Sky Movies' channels. Sky has added Sky Movies Screen 1 and 2, Nat Geo Wild, Eden, G.O.L.D. and Sky Real Lives to its internet based subscription service - Sky Player TV (http://sky.com/skyplayer) - which is available without the need to subscribe to Sky's existing TV-based service. The launch of these new live TV channels...

American Idol Creator to Work with ITV on Six Projects for Broadcast in the U.K. and Worldwide NEW YORK, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 19 Entertainment Limited, a division of CKX, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKXE) announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive co-production and co-development deal with ITV Studios, the production arm of United Kingdom television company ITV. The agreement calls for 19 Entertainment and ITV to work together to create six new, unscripted television formats for...

Rock icon Mick Jagger won big laughs at the BAFTA Awards ceremony in London by telling the crowd he was part of a new actor-musician exchange program. Taking the stage to present the top prize at the Orange British Academy Film Awards show Sunday night, Jagger told the star-studded audience: "I want to say how honored I am to be presenting this award tonight. Just in case you're wondering how this came about, I am the founding member of the RMEP, which is the Rock star-Movie star Exchange...