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LONDON, August 14: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has appointed Eddie Nelson as the general manager of the company’s networks in Central Europe, where he will oversee the four channel brands in the region. Based in Budapest, Nelson’s remit includes …

LOS ANGELES, August 14: Paula Wagner is stepping down from her role as the CEO of United Artists, which she and Tom Cruise relaunched in partnership with MGM in November 2006. A statement from MGM and UA said that Wagner …

EKATERINBURG, August 14: Russia’s Studio U7 has completed a new round of deals for several programs, including Fit for the Wild and Up Close and Dangerous. Russian national free-TV channel Zvezda picked up a 21-hour package of nonfiction titles, including …

LONDON, August 14: New research from Ofcom indicates that people in the U.K. spent an average of 7 hours and 9 minutes per day on communications devices in 2007, including TV, the Internet and mobile, a 6-minute gain on 2002. …

TORONTO, August 14: Portfolio Entertainment has completed deals throughout Asia and Australia for the Michael Smith culinary series Chef At Home and Chef At Large. Both the Asian Food Channel and XYZ have acquired the 52 episodes of the fifth …

SCOTTSDALE, August 14: Revenues from online video around the world will top $4.5 billion by 2012, according to In-Stat, up from $1.2 billion this year. The market is expected to be driven by purchased/rented videos, thanks in part to subscription …

TORONTO, August 14: Submissions are now being accepted for Sullivan Entertainment’s Anne of Green Gables Online Short Film Festival, where the winning entry will be included as an extra feature on the next Green Gables DVD. Contestants can submit a …

BEIJING, August 14: A total of 82 million viewers tuned in to NBC to watch swimming star Michael Phelps set the record for winning the most Olympic gold medals ever, delivering a 19.9 rating and a 34 share. "Obviously our …

CHATSWORTH, August 14: Image Entertainment has acquired from Spitfire Pictures all worldwide home video, broadcast, digital and non-theatrical rights, with the exception of Japan, to The Who At Kilburn: 1977. The Who gathered in December 1977 at the Gaumont State …

NEW YORK, August 14: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the news and current-affairs categories of the International Emmys, with first-time nods for Al Jazeera, while Brazil’s TV Globo and Romania’s Pro TV …