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PASADENA, January 12: Bling’d: Blood, Diamonds and Hip Hop, a hard-hitting view of the diamond trade in West Africa and the “diamond-obsessed” hip-hop community, is among a raft of new programming initiatives announced by VH1 yesterday. A joint venture between …

PASADENA, January 12: Emmy-award winning actress Kirstie Alley will star in and executive produce the upcoming Lifetime original movie And She Was, one of several new titles announced by the cable network. The satirical comedy, produced by Jaffe/Braunstein Films, will …

HOLLYWOOD/LONDON/MUNICH, January 12: Twentieth Century Fox and On Demand Group have inked a multi-year pay-per-view licensing agreement to provide on-demand movie content to Germany’s largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland. The arrangement brings current and upcoming movies to Kabel Deutschland subscribers …

NEW YORK, January 12: Two senior MTV Networks executives announced their resignations today: president and COO Michael Wolf and affiliate sales and marketing president Nicole Browning. Replacements have not yet been announced for the two positions, and no reasons were …

HONG KONG, January 12: Michelle Guthrie has resigned as CEO of News Corporation’s Asian arm, STAR, with Paul Aiello, currently president of the company, tapped to succeed her, effective March 1. No reason was given for Guthrie’s exit. She has …

BURBANK, January 12: On March 1, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment will launch Chiller, a 24-hour horror network, with a carriage deal already in place with DIRECTV. In announcing the new channel, Jeff Gaspin, the president of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, …

LONDON, January 12: The U.K.’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said that BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9-percent stake in ITV warrants further investigation. The OFT is seeking comments from “interested third parties” on whether the £940-million acquisition, announced in …

BETHPAGE, January 12: The Dolan family has raised its bid to take Cablevision Systems Corporation private, offering the company’s public shareholders $30 per share versus the $27 per share proposal that was rejected in October 2006. The all-cash offer of …

World Screen Weekly, January 11, 2007 Managing Director Playboy Television International Nowadays it is nearly impossible for a person right out of college to approach a major media company and get hired on the spot. But that is exactly what …

World Screen Weekly, January 11, 2007 COUNTRY: Originates from Qatar but has global reach. LAUNCH DATE: November 15, 2006 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: 80 million cable and satellite homes across the globe. Al Jazeera International’s goal is to reach a potential …