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SINGAPORE, April 30: NBC Universal has appointed Christopher Williams to the newly created role of VP of commercial and network development for Asia Pacific at its Global Networks division, effective immediately. Williams will report to Greg Matson, the senior VP …

HAMILTON, April 30: Central European Media Enterprises has reported a 51-percent rise in revenues for the first quarter to $223.5 million, with a target of reaching $1.1 billion in revenues for the full year. Operating income for the quarter increased …

LONDON, April 30: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has promoted Bhavneet Singh to executive VP and managing director of its emerging markets group. In this position, Singh will continue to oversee all aspects of MTVNI’s businesses across its portfolio of music, …

LONDON, April 30: Virgin Media is teaming with the BBC to bring the online catch-up iPlayer service to its 3.5 million cable-TV customers. Viewers using the BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media will be able to watch full-screen pictures at full …

LOS ANGELES, April 30: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has made several changes at its Latin American operation, appointing Jose Luis Gascue as the VP of Latin America sales, and upping Ricardo Rubini from director to VP of Latin America …

BURBANK, April 30: In line with its strategy of rolling out branded ad-supported and subscription-based VOD services worldwide, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has formed a new Branded Services division, to be led by Malcolm Dudley-Smith. The new unit …

NASHVILLE, April 30: Documentary Channel (DOC) has appointed James J. Ackerman as the chairman of the board, sharing in the development and overall strategic, distribution and financial direction of the network. Ackerman comes to DOC with more than 20 years …

TOKYO, April 30: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted the broadcast rights in Japan for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games to the Japan Consortium, an association of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and NAB (the National Association …

SANTA MONICA, April 30: Lionsgate has entered into a joint-venture partnership with Ish Entertainment, the company set up by former VH1 staffers Michael Hirschorn and Stella Stolper that is producing Paris Hilton’s My New BFF for MTV. With offices in …

NEW YORK, April 30: Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) has reached a raft of digital distribution partnerships, including one with online video-sharing site YouTube, to launch the Playboy Audience Network, which will highlight its free and ad-supported lifestyle programming. In addition …