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LOS ANGELES, July 10: Jene Elzie has been promoted to VP of international sales and strategic planning for Comcast International Media Group (CIMG), overseeing the London-based sales team. In her new role, Elzie will supervise the team responsible for distribution …

LONDON, July 10: BBC Worldwide has reached an agreement to provide clips from a range of its natural history, travel and other factual shows to the Internet TV platform Babelgum. The deal, part of BBC Worldwide’s efforts to ramp up …

MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM, July 10: The former CEO of Rambler Media Group, Irina Gofman, is returning to the Modern Times Group (MTG) to head up its businesses in Russia and the CIS. In her new position as the CEO of MTG Russia …

LONDON, July 10: Top Up TV, which provides premium content on the British DTT service Freeview, has added Warner Bros.’s branded VOD service, delivering series such as ER and Smallville, among others, to its slate of offerings. The deal with …

LOS ANGELES, July 10: PorchLight Home Entertainment (PHE) has acquired the U.S. DVD distribution rights to the high-definition preschool series Katakune from Princ Films. Katakune is a silkworm living in the colorful world of Tazzleland where he meets new friends, …

LONDON, July 10: Advertising giant WPP Group has made a hostile takeover offer for U.K.-based Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), just over a month after the British research firm announced plans to merge with Germany’s GfK to create the world’s second-largest …

LOS ANGELES/REDMOND, July 10: Cookie Jar’s online adventure game Magi-Nation: Battle for the Moonlands is now available to the more than 30 million unique monthly users of WildTangent. The game is based on the Canadian company’s popular action-adventure animated series …

LOS ANGELES, July 10: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has stepped up its pressure on the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), telling the union that if its last offer is not accepted by August 15, the proposed …

PARIS, July 10: Dargaud Media has launched an online blog charting the production of the new CGI series The Garfield Show, in time for the 30th anniversary of the classic comic strip. The 52×11-minute HD series will air on France …

NEW YORK, July 10: Sumner Redstone, the executive chairman of Viacom and CBS Corporation, has reportedly said that his daughter Shari Redstone is no longer the heir-apparent to take over the family media empire, according to The New York Times. …