According to Variety, Paramount has set up a contract to produce film-themed games to Swedish-based company Accedo Broadband, that will be downloaded on-demand to TVs across Asia.

The first two game titles in the deal will be based on the films Top Gun and Saturday Night Fever. According to Paramount, this will be the first time……. »

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ntel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. today previewed plans for the Widget Channel, a television (TV) application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics (CE) devices that use the Intel Architecture. The Widget Channel will allow consumers to enjoy rich Internet applications designed for the TV while watching their favorite TV programs. The Widget Channel……. »

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Image Entertainment has expanded its digital distribution business by making films and television programming available on the iTunes Store. A wide assortment of Image programming is available on iTunes for purchase or rent, including feature films, episodic television, stand-up comedy specials, music and special interest programs.

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity and Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the……. »

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The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore

MGM Domestic Television has acquired an option to develop the comic The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore, a digital graphic novel from Factory Publishing, as a possible television series.

“MGM is a great place for The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore,” said Howard Webster, creator, producer and director of the project……. »

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Mediacom, in agreement with NBC Universal, will provide its customers with more viewing choices and enhanced content offerings as part of NBCU’s unprecedented coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games which begin Friday, August 8th. Mediacom customers can access thousands of hours of NBCU’s most robust Olympic coverage delivered across multiple platforms, from traditional cable……. »

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Wi-Fi TV is pulling live TV station content from various stations in China on to its splash page, the first page you see when you go to www.Wi-FiTV.com, www.Wi-FiChina.com or www.Wi-FiChina.cn during the rest of the entire month of August. The viewing is free and no sign up is required to watch the splash page…….. »

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At this year’s Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, the official launch of the recently announced video game Star Trek Online, takes place. The event will be held in the Gene Roddenberry Theater at 1:30 P.M., Pacific Time, on Sunday, August 10th, at The Las Vegas Hilton. There will also be a special guest……. »

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Comcast announced a partnership with Warner Bros. The Dark Knight. This partnership provides Comcast customers with exclusive behind-the-scenes movie footage, mini-movies and trailers from one of this summer’s most-anticipated films, available on Comcast’s signature On Demand service.

Leading up to the film’s release, Comcast will launch six mini-movies, which are exclusive original-content episodes, of a show……. »

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