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BEIJING, December 12: China Mobile and China Unicom have inked deals to bring content from state broadcaster CCTV to their subscribers’ handsets, Dow Jones reported today. The news report cited Xi Guohua, the vice minister at the Minister of Information …

PARIS, December 12: Gerhard Zeiler, the CEO of the RTL Group, will deliver a keynote speech during MIPTV/MILIA, set for April 16 to 20 in Cannes, France. Zeiler, the MIPCOM 2004 Personality of the Year, will discuss how top networks …

FRANKFURT, December 12: A consortium led by Haim Saban is expected to select the winning bidder for its 50.5 percent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media by Friday, wire reports indicate. Today was the deadline for bid submissions. Three offers are said …

NEW YORK, December 11: here! has been added to the Verizon FiOS TV pay-TV service as a 24/7 subscription premium network, alongside the company’s VOD offering. Verizon is offering here! in every market where it provides its fiber-optic FiOS TV …

NEW YORK, December 11: Sesame Workshop is hailing its strong presence in the Middle East, with three localized versions of Sesame Street—in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine—slated to be on the air in 2007. "Sesame Workshop is involved in a long-term …

NEW YORK/HONG KONG, December 11: CBS Interactive is working with Hong Kong-based Artificial Life for an avatar-based mobile game based on The CW's America's Next Top Model. Players will be able to select a virtual representation—an avatar—of his/her favorite and …

NEW YORK, December 11: 4Kids Entertainment has launched two new subsidiaries, one targeting the trading card market and the other geared to developing multi-platform games. 4Kids will be the majority owner of the trading card company, TC Digital Games, marking …

KUALA LUMPUR, December 11: Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Networks, parent company of the Astro DTH platform and Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures, has named former BSkyB executive Robert Odendaal as CEO, effective February 1, 2007. Ralph Marshall will relinquish his position …

BURBANK, December 11: Joshua A. Berger has been promoted to president and managing director of Warner Bros. Entertainment United Kingdom and Ireland. Berger, who has been with the studio for almost two decades, will continue to oversee all aspects of …

LONDON, December 11: Setanta Sport Holdings has received 315 million euros in financing from Doughty Hanson & Co, Goldman Sachs International, Davy Stockbrokers and Adams Street Partners. The funding, subject to regulatory clearance in Ireland, will be used to cover …