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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 …

NEW YORK, April 29: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has acquired the exclusive representation rights from Crown Creative to the Japanese fashion property Rebecca Bonbon, created by Yuko Shimizu, the designer of Hello Kitty. Launched in Japan in 2005 by Crown Creative, …

LOS ANGELES, April 29: PorchLight Entertainment wrapped a host of international deals at MIPTV, across its kids’ and movie slates. Farm Kids and Animalia were sold to Rainbow's HD VOOM networks, while Four Eyes and My Goldfish Is Evil were …

BASKING RIDGE/NEWBURY, April 29: Verizon Wireless and Vodafone are set to deliver the first-ever live global mobile simulcast, featuring performances from Madonna’s show at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. On April 30 at 10 p.m. (May 1 at …

LOS ANGELES, April 29: The Hispanic-targeted bilingual music and entertainment channel LATV has added three stations from Tribune Broadcasting in New York, Chicago and Dallas as digital multicast affiliates, bringing its total reach to 32 million households in the U.S. …

NEW YORK, April 29: CBS Corporation’s first quarter profit gained 14 percent to $244 million on stable revenues of $3.65 billion. "The solid financial performance of CBS Corporation, in spite of a challenging economic environment, demonstrates the enduring strength of …