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KIRKLAND/OVERLAND PARK, May 7: Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Google are among the investors in a new company, formed by Sprint and Clearwire Corporation, focused on the deployment of a nationwide wireless broadband network. Clearwire Corporation and Sprint Nextel Corporation …

PARIS/LOS ANGELES, May 7: Registration is now open for DISCOP Africa, a new niche content market that is set to take place at the Sofitel Teranga Hotel in Dakar, Senegal, from February 25 to 27, 2009. The creators of the …

LUXEMBOURG, May 7: RTL Group posted an 8.7-percent increase in EBITA for the first quarter to 188 million euros, despite a 2-percent dip in revenues to 1.3 billion euros. The EBITA increase was mainly driven by the performance of the …

MUMBAI, May 7: India’s INX Network, the operator of three television channels—the entertainment-focused 9X and 9XM, along with the recently launched 24-hour English-language news network NewsX—has expanded its reach in the country to 63 million viewers. Launched last November, INX …

NEW YORK, May 7: Cablevision Systems Corporation, whose portfolio of cable networks also includes AMC, IFC and WE tv, has reached a deal to acquire the Sundance Channel from current owners NBC Universal, CBS Corporation, Showtime Networks and founder Robert …

LONDON, May 7: Comedy indie Open Mike Productions has received a raft of commissions from the BBC, including for the 90-minute doc Rich Hall’s How The West Was Lost for BBC Four. Filmed on location in Arizona, Rich Hall’s How …

EL SEGUNDO, May 7: The DTH operator The DIRECTV Group has released its Q1 financials, with revenues up 17 percent to $4.6 billion and profits up 10 percent to $371 million. The company also noted a 17-percent hike in operating …

LONDON, May 7: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has upped Ross Hair to executive VP of international networks for Europe, with continuing responsibility for expanding business outside of the company’s London headquarters. Reporting to Andy Kaplan, SPTI's president of international …

NEW YORK, May 7: Bravo chief Lauren Zalaznick, today upped to a new role overseeing NBC Universal’s women’s and lifestyle entertainment cable networks, has unveiled Women@NBCU, which is being positioned as a combination of media assets reaching female viewers across …

MIAMI/NEW YORK, May 7: U.S. Hispanic network CaribeVisión has launched two new divisions—advertising and programming—to be led by Emilio Nicolas, Jr. and Carlos Barba, respectively. Nicolas has been named to the newly created position of president and CEO of advertising, …