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LOS ANGELES, November 15: In the run up to the Asia Television Forum (ATF), Rive Gauche Television has closed several key broadcast sales in Asia for its reality and documentary programs. AXN Asia picked up the pan-satellite rights to season …

NEW YORK, November 15: Michael Rodriguez has been promoted to senior VP of sales for Telemundo, replacing Steve Mandala, who was recently named the executive VP of cable ad sales for NBC Universal. In his new role, effective immediately, Rodriguez …

ATLANTA, November 15: In its biggest expansion of news operations since it was founded 27 years ago, CNN will invest an estimated $10 million to raise the number of its correspondents worldwide and build up its international newsgathering operations by …

ADELAIDE, November 15: Speaking at the News Corporation shareholders meeting in Adelaide, Australia, CEO Rupert Murdoch sent a double message, at once waxing optimistic about the financial prospects of his company, but also expressing pessimism about the long-term profitability of …

NEW YORK, November 15: On Monday, November 19, U.S. news channel MSNBC will roll out in Southern Africa via the free-to-air satellite platform Free2View TV. The channel, MSNBC Africa, is a joint venture between Great Media and MSNBC. It will …

LONDON, November 15: ITV executive chairman Michael Grade said that BSkyB has purchased shares of ITV in order to “influence events” at the broadcaster to the detriment of other shareholders, according to Media Guardian. BSkyB owns 17.9 percent of ITV’s …

LOS ANGELES, November 15: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) solidified its move away from NATPE and into the giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES) by landing comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who will perform on stage at the company’s presentation at the event in …

LOS ANGELES, November 15: NASCAR Digital Entertainment (NDE) and Creative Artists Entertainment Group have partnered for the new culinary reality competition TV series, NASCAR: Serving It Up, which will launch in syndication in September 2008. The 40×30-minute show is a …

LUCERNE, November 15: The Rose d'Or Festival, which honors the best of international television programming, has announced that it is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Rose d’Or awards and has unveiled several newly revised award categories. The awards will …

SYDNEY, November 15: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will roll out ABC3, a new dedicated terrestrial commercial-free children’s TV channel, by April of 2008, with financial backing from the government. The Australian government has committed to provide $82 million over …