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CHATSWORTH: Image Entertainment has appointed Ray Gagnon, who has worked in the home-entertainment industry for more than two decades, as executive VP of worldwide sales. Gagnon recently served as executive VP of worldwide sales for Anchor Bay Entertainment. Prior to …

RÍO DE JANEIRO: La nueva producción, titulada La saga de la reina Esther, está basada en una historia bíblica de amor y odio situada en el Persia el año 470 A.C.  La miniserie cuenta la historia de una judía esclava …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO: Según estimaciones, más de 39 millones de personas podrían ver el Mundial de fútbol Sudáfrica 2010 a través de la plataforma en línea de Televisa, informaron fuentes locales.  La publicación El financiero en línea, destacó que Juan …

COPENHAGEN: Modern Times Group has acquired a 50-percent interest in the Russian DTH platform Raduga TV, which offers more than 50 channels to its 70,000 subscribers. MTG has acquired the interest in Raduga Holdings from Continental Media for an undisclosed consideration …

NEW YORK: Daniel Lewis has been named to the newly created role of director of new media communications at Sesame Workshop, where he will work to leverage social media to extend the company’s reach. Lewis previously served as a consultant …

SYDNEY: XYZnetworks has entered into a multi-year volume deal with RDF Rights to acquire a minimum of 300 hours of first-run exclusive content for its portfolio of channels, including The LifeStyle Channel, LifeStyle YOU and LifeStyle FOOD. Titles from RDF …

NEW YORK: Andrea Wong is leaving her post as president and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services, just a few months after the company was acquired by A&E Television Networks. Wong exits ahead of her contract expiration in April. She has …

MADRID: TVE anunció que La 1 se consolidó durante el mes de enero con un 18,6 por ciento de cuota de pantalla, su mejor rating de sintonía desde diciembre de 2006.  Durante enero, el canal puso en marcha el modelo …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO: En el marco de una conferencia con analistas, Adolfo Cerezo Pérez, director de finanzas y administración de Telmex, habría enfatizado que la empresa continúa en la búsqueda de la modificación de su título de concesión que le …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has unveiled a new subscription video-on-demand service for its Viasat OnDemand online portal in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The subscription service makes a range of pay-TV content, including live sports events, hundreds of episodes of hit series …