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NEW YORK: Upon the completion of Comcast’s takeover of NBC Universal, a number of the company’s executives will shift to expanded roles, with new talent also tapped to come on board. Robert Greenblatt, the former head of programming at Showtime Networks, …

NEW YORK: Don Browne, the president of Telemundo, joined Annie Wegelius, the director of programs at Sweden’s Sveriges Television (SVT), and Joe Calabrese, the chair for entertainment, media and sports practice at O’Melveny & Myers, as a panelist at The …

NEW YORK: Nielsen’s latest State of the Media: TV Usage Trends report revealed that television viewing in the U.S. remains at a high, yet the emergence of the DVR as a widely distributed device has changed consumption habits in many …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network has introduced a new TV Everywhere offering that allows subscribers to watch all their live and recorded TV programs on compatible smartphones, tablets and laptops. "DISH Network is proud to be the first pay-TV provider to bring …

NEW YORK: The Paley Center for Media has partnered with Mediabrand’s Velociter to launch The Next Big Thing, a series of quarterly gatherings that will bring together new entrepreneurs with established leaders and investors in the media, entertainment and technology …

MUNICH: After 17 years with Tele München Group (TMG), Bernd Schlötterer is leaving the company at the end of the year, with Dirk Schweitzer of RTL Television to succeed as managing director. Schlötterer was a member of the top management, …

TORONTO: Playhouse Disney in Canada is rebranding its English- and French-language services as Disney Junior as of May 2011, following suit with its U.S. counterparts. Disney Junior will launch with new series such as Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Also …

NEW YORK: 60 Minutes has become the first prime-time news magazine to have its own stand-alone app for the iPad. The 60 Minutes iPad app delivers high-quality video and text versions of the show’s content, including weekly previews, segments, web …

BETHPAGE: Cablevision Systems Corporation is looking into spinning off Rainbow Media Holdings, its division encompassing AMC and Sundance Channel, among other businesses, to stockholders in a tax-free transaction. The company’s board has approved filing the necessary documents with the Internal …

LONDON: Cineflix Studios has hired Nick Witkowski, a founder of Alchemy, to work with the company in a consultant role on international financing and sales for scripted programming. He reports to Glen Salzman, Cineflix’s CEO. Witkowski will be based in …