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NEW YORK, May 21: The boards of directors at Time Warner and Time Warner Cable have approved an agreement to separate the two companies. Time Warner will exchange its 12.4 percent interest in TW NY Cable Holding, a subsidiary of …

LONDON, May 21: Sam Neill, Sean Bean and Joss Ackland have joined the cast of Crusoe, a 13-part series co-produced by Power, Muse and Moonlight based on Daniel Defoe’s classic novel. Written by Stephen Gallagher (Eleventh Hour) and directed by …

NEW YORK, May 21: WSN INC., the publisher of World Screen, has made a series of hires to support the expansion of its Spanish-language publications, which include TV Latina and Diario TV Latina. Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari joins the group as editor …

LOS ANGELES, May 21: Mini Movie International Channel, a multiplatform new-media company, has launched its English-language website, which offers up a selection of international short films and original comedy programming for streaming. Located at www.minimovie.com, Mini Movie aims to offer …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK, May 21: DISH Network has agreed to provide interactive advertising capabilities to NBC Universal’s 14 television networks and ten NBC owned-and-operated stations, which will allow the satellite platform’s subscribers to request more information from advertisers via their remote …

LONDON, May 21: Mahesh Ramachandra has been appointed as Galleon Holdings’ global director of entertainment, overseeing the company’s convergent media strategy. Ramachandra will monetize the company’s portfolio of entertainment properties across multiple platforms and territories, including the recently launched multiplatform …

NEW YORK, May 21: Frank Rich, who pens a weekly column for The New York Times, has signed on as a creative consultant at HBO. Rich will initiate and help develop projects for the premium pay-TV network. As part of …

DELHI/SINGAPORE, May 21: Discovery Networks International will integrate its Indian and pan-Asian businesses, with Rahul Johri to assume responsibility for India as the senior VP and country manager, effective July 1, reporting to Tom Keaveny, the head of Discovery Networks …

MUNICH/LONDON, May 21: Following its recent corporate transactions for the sale of the Hasbro Classics Library and of its shareholding in Metrodome Group, TV-Loonland has repaid all of its remaining bank borrowings and is free of debt. Following the restructuring …

NEW YORK, May 20: News Corporation has further increased its stake in German pay-TV operator Premiere to 25.01 percent. In January, News Corp. picked up an initial 14.58 percent interest for 287 million euros from Unity Media. In February, the …