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CHICAGO: Towers Branded Content and Entertainment, the new advertiser-led video content business from Towers Holdings, will develop and produce original programming for TV and online that integrates brands, products and services.  Towers Branded will be led by managing director Matthew Sawyer, …

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media has promoted Brie Miranda Bryant to director of development, with responsibility for supervising original programming. In addition to overseeing the development of original programming, Bryant will be responsible for bolstering the production of original series as …

MEXICO CITY/MIAMI: MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA) has appointed Eduardo Lebrija Martínez-Lavin as the VP/country manager for MTV Networks Mexico, replacing Carlos Magaña, who has decided to leave the company to pursue other endeavors. In his new role, Lebrija will lead …

LONDON: BSkyB has triumphed in its five-year-old lawsuit against Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for deceit, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract. At the Royal Courts of Justice, Justice Ramsey found that EDS—which was acquired by Hewlett Packaged in 2008 and rebranded as …

SAN FRANCISCO: Just half-an-inch thick and weighing 1.5 pounds, Apple’s new iPad allows users to browse the web, read and send emails, view and store photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read e-books and more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution …

MUNICH: KPMG has embarked on the sale of the TV-Loonland library of programming, after the kids’ content outfit, unable to repay its debts, was placed under preliminary administration by a German insolvency court last month. The preliminary insolvency administrator, Munich-based attorney Dr. Wolfgang …

PARIS: Chris Albrecht, who was recently appointed president and CEO of Starz, will deliver a keynote address on the opening day of MIPTV. In his keynote, Albrecht will discuss new ways of looking at original programming. At Starz, Albrecht is …

MONTREAL: Normal 0 0 1 40 231 WSN Inc. 1 1 283 11.516 0 0 0 Bejuba! Entertainment has signed an agreement with Galleon Entertainment to distribute the TV, online and DVD rights to the multiplatform Sokator-442 franchise, which currently …

LAS VEGAS: The syndicated entertainment magazine series Made in Hollywood has been sold by Connection III Entertainment to station groups such as CBS and CW Plus for the 2010-2011 season. The show is available in more than 80 percent of …

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has announced the release of a seventh season of Tracks Ahead, a railroading series filmed in HD. Produced by Milwaukee Public Television, Tracks Ahead is available for TV, VOD, new media, non-theatrical, DVD and video markets. …