Canwest, NBCU, do deal ahead of L.A. screenings

TORONTO – So who needs to go to L.A. anymore? Canwest Broadcasting and NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution said today that, for the first time, the companies have completed a new programming agreement in advance of the annual Los Angeles Screenings. Canwest has acquired several new and returning programs slated for broadcast on the company’s conventional broadcast stations Global Television and E! for the 2008/09 season, as well as on the Canadian company’s 21 specialty services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed and the release does not say if this includes the multiplatform (VOD, wireless, broadband, etc.) rights...