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NEW YORK: Doug Rousso has been appointed as chief technology officer for the CBS Corporation, a newly created position in which he will oversee infrastructure technologies across the company. Rousso joins CBS on Monday and will report to Joseph Ianniello, executive VP and …

NEW YORK: Nielsen reports that the number of online video streams in the U.S. rose 7 percent to 14.5 billion in March, with the number of unique online viewers up 3.6 percent to 144.2 million. Online viewers streamed 3 percent more …

PARIS: Russia has been selected as the country of focus for MIPCOM this October, with Reed MIDEM partnering with Channel One Russia and Red Square for the initiative. The Focus on Russia program, which will also see the participation of Saint …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Steve Burns, executive VP of global content at National Geographic Channel is exiting, with Michael Cascio, senior VP of production, to fill the role until a successor is named. The news was revealed to NGC staff today in a …

SCOTTSDALE: The number of pay-TV subscribers worldwide increased by 6 percent in 2010, according to new data from In-Stat, with China as the world’s largest pay-TV market. At at the end of the year, China had 160 million subscribers. The …

NEW YORK: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has revealed plans for 60 hours of new television for its upcoming season, with four renewed shows and six new originals, including one from Kinetic Content with Louie Spence of Sky1’s Pineapple Dance Studios. "After …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications is replacing its HD Theater network with Velocity in the fourth quarter, targeting upscale men with HD content in the automotive, sports and leisure, adventure and travel genres. Available in about 40 million homes at launch, the service’s lineup …

TORONTO: Linus Roache and Geraldine Somerville will lead the cast of the four-part mini-series Titanic for Global and ABC, which begins filming in Budapest next month. From Nigel Stafford Clark and Julian Fellowes, the event mini-series will simulcast on Global …

MIAMI: Thanks to its new novela La Reina del Sur, Telemundo says it beat Univision, ABC, NBC and Telefutura among adults 18 to 34 last week, the best ratings week in its history. During the week of April 4, the …

SYDNEY: Beginning in May, ABC1 in Australia will replace its morning kids’ block with a breakfast news program, while ABC2 will extend its preschool schedule to 13 hours daily. ABC News Breakfast is moving from ABC2 to ABC1 on May 1. …