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LOS ANGELES, May 22: Season seven of FOX’s American Idol came to a close last night with David Cook being crowned the winner after a record-setting 97.5 million votes. The votes received for this season shattered the previous Idol record …

LOS ANGELES, May 22: Marketing heads from ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, NBC and Univision are set to participate in a roundtable discussion at the Network Television CMO Summit, which kicks off the second day of the 53rd annual Promax/BDA …

CANNES, May 22: Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, will deliver a keynote speech at this year’s MIPCOM, which will take place from October 13 to 17 in Cannes. In his keynote, Dauman will focus on the creative …

LONDON, May 22: Change Productions has been commissioned by Five in the U.K. and National Geographic Channel (NGC) in the U.S. to produce the hour-long documentary special The Last Druids. Five has commissioned the doc for its Revealed strand, and …

MEXICO CITY, May 22: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Univision is set to launch its new VOD service in January, but it won’t be able to add any Televisa content to the offering, according to the Mexican media group. Televisa has a …

LONDON, May 22: Cineflix International has secured a range of deals with nine Scandinavian broadcasters for more than 500 hours of in-house and third-party productions. Finland’s Nelonen picked up 224 hours worth of programming, including Naked Fashion, seasons one through …

NEW YORK, May 22: AOL is taking its online video portal to the international market, with launches in Canada, India and Taiwan, to be followed by the U.K., France and Germany in the fall. The international launches of AOL Video …

LONDON, May 22: Cake Distribution has sold the interactive animated reality sitcom Total Drama Island to a range of broadcasters in Europe, including Jetix Benelux. Cake Distribution has also licensed the series to Canal + Family in France, Noga Israel, …

BUENOS AIRES, May 22: As part of its regionalization strategy, MTV Networks Latin America is expanding its operations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, announcing an investment of some $76 million over the next five years. The investment will be used for …

LOS ANGELES, May 22: MEN7 Network, Bennett Media’s multiplatform men’s lifestyle offering, will debut its weekly high-definition TV series The MEN7 Show, as well as its companion website, on July 3. The MEN7 Show will launch on ION Media Networks …