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NEW YORK: Journalist, author and digital media entrepreneur Ben Sherwood is set to fill the president post at ABC News. Sherwood is tasked with responsibility for all editorial, programming and digital aspects of the global news business. Sherwood started his …

PREMIUM: Dermot Horan, the director of broadcast and acquisitions at RTÉ, talks about the challenges of running competitive channels as the Irish Republic faces a severe economic crisis and advertising downturn. Horan is responsible for the acquisition of more than …

BRUSSELS: News Corporation has offered remedies to concerns the European Commission has raised about its proposed takeover of BSkyB, in a bid to win antitrust approval for the $12 billion deal. News Corp. is reaching out to the EC by …

NEW YORK: The CBS comedy Mike & Molly ranks as the most engaging new program among all major demos, according to data from Nielsen, followed by FOX’s Raising Hope and Running Wilde and ABC’s The Event in a three-way tie. …

LOS ANGELES: The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved MGM’s pre-packaged plan of reorganization, paving the way for the studio to emerge from Chapter 11. MGM expects the plan to become effective by mid-December. …

NEW YORK: Despite the increased use of alternative viewing platforms, the vast majority of consumers intend to continue to maintain their traditional subscriptions with TV providers, an annual study by Frank N. Magid Associates reveals. Magid’s new report, 2010: The …

LOS ANGELES: Rainbow Media’s IFC has picked up The Larry Sanders Show, along with The Ben Stiller Show and two others. Also scoring pickups were Mr. Show with Bob and David and Action. These join Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Arrested …

TORONTO: As Breakthrough Entertainment gears up to attend the Asia TV Forum, a number of sales have already been finalized across the region, totaling more than 100 hours of programming.   Greatest Tank Battles was picked up be LIC Beijing …

MIAMI: MTV Latin America’s prime-time hit Niñas Mal is headed to the U.S., with Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas set to launch the series in January 2011.   The series, inspired by the Mexican film of the same name, tells …

MEXICO CITY: Comarex is offering the new live-action series Grachi, currently in development by Nickelodeon Latin America, for buyers at the Asia TV Forum. The 75×1-hour show is aimed at tweens and teens. The telenovela is written by Mariela Romero, …