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NEW YORK, June 24: Licensing International Expo’s final event in New York this month—it moves to Las Vegas in 2009—attracted some 25,000 executives from 82 countries, on par with 2007’s record attendance. The annual convention for the licensing and merchandising …

NICOSIA, June 24: HBO has teamed up with Israel’s Jasmine Group to launch a subscription video-on-demand service on Cyprus’s PrimeTV. PrimeTV is operated by Cyprus’s biggest privately owned telco, PrimeTel, the first company in this market to offer triple-play services. …

BURBANK, June 24: Several ABC series, including Lost and Grey’s Anatomy, and short-form online video content from ESPN.com are now available to Veoh Networks’ more than 28 million broadband users. Delivered via ABC.com's broadband player, episodes of Lost, Desperate Housewives, …

SILVER SPRING, June 24: A host of content from Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and other Discovery Communications-owned networks will be available on DVD at more than 2,500 Blockbuster stores across the U.S., the two companies announced today. Blockbuster will …

NEW YORK, June 24: U.S. Hispanic network V-me has added new members to its business development, sales and operations teams. Richard Taub has been named to the newly created role of VP of business development, leading mergers and acquisitions, distribution, …

MOSCOW, June 24: Anton Kudryashov has been appointed as the new CEO of Russia’s CTC Media, succeeding Alexander Rodnyansky, who will remain in his role as president of the company. Kudryashov’s appointment is effective August 4. He was previously an …

BUDAPEST, June 24: HBO Central Europe has made three senior-level executive appointments to its management team, naming a new regional manager and new country managers. Stefan Dakovski has been upped to the head of HBO Adria, responsible for all the …

TORONTO, June 24: After abandoning merger talks earlier this year, Peace Arch Entertainment Group and ContentFilm have inked a deal to combine their U.S. home-entertainment operations to create one of the largest independent DVD distributors in the American market. Effective …

NEW YORK, June 24: New York-based Cargo Film & Releasing has closed sales for two new feature documentaries acquired from Wicked Delicate Films. Zazie Films picked up King Corn for the Japanese market in a deal that includes a theatrical …

LOS ANGELES, June 24: The chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has issued a statement defending the union’s “Vote No” campaign, in which it is encouraging members who also belong to the American Federation of Television and Radio …