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SÃO PAULO, May 5: The Brazilian sales agency Content xp has enhanced its stock footage offerings, which now includes video from TV Globo and Futura Channel. From Globo, Content xp can provide video footage about the sporting, political, social and …

NEW YORK, May 5: A&E Network is launching two new websites dedicated to the network’s 2008 Primetime Emmy campaign, considerAETV.com and iPhone.considerAETV.com. The two new websites aim to offer members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences a simple …

NEW YORK, May 5: Reality format producer City Lights Television has created a new international development division, to be led by Laura Johnson as senior VP. Previously, Johnson served as City Lights Television’s senior VP of production operations and was …

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REDMOND, May 5: This past weekend, Microsoft withdrew its proposal to acquire Yahoo!, after a $5-billion increase in purchase price failed to pique the interest of the search engine giant. The move sent Yahoo! shares plummeting today and caused a …

NEW YORK, May 5: According to the Nielsen Company, the number of product placements in prime-time U.S. broadcast and cable television rose 6 percent in the first quarter of 2008. Eleven measured broadcast and cable networks were included in the …

BANGKOK/SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, May 5: Viacom 18 Media, a joint venture between Viacom and Network18, has revealed the identity of its new Hindi-language general-entertainment channel, COLORS, which is set to roll out in India in July. COLORS also announced two of …

LOS ANGELES, May 5: Showtime has given a second-season order to Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, and has taken on a new comedy series from British comedian Marc Wootton. Season two of Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union will …

WALTHAM, May 5: Lycos has added VOD rentals to its existing ad-supported interactive Lycos Cinema online video community, with viewers now able to watch premium rentals and free VOD ad-supported film and episodic television titles. Lycos Cinema offers synchronous SimulStream …

NEW YORK, May 5: Select contestants from VH1’s Rock of Love, I Love New York and Flavor of Love will return to compete in a new celebreality series for the network, I Love Money, premiering July 13 at 9 p.m. …