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LOS ANGELES, February 5: E! Entertainment has appointed the former Us Weekly website editorial director, Ken Baker, as its executive news editor. In his new role, Baker is tasked with obtaining and reporting entertainment and celebrity news and information for …

STOCKHOLM, February 5: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has inked an agreement with Canal Digital in Sweden to include the Kanal 5 channel on Viasat’s DTH satellite and IPTV platforms, and for TV3 to be made available on Canal …

NEW YORK, February 5: A consortium of media companies, including MTV and MySpace, and cause partners such as the United Nations, have joined together for the fourth-annual Film Your Issue (FYI) global Internet-based short-film competition, open to young adults aged …

NEW YORK, February 5: Karl Rove, the senior advisor and former deputy chief of staff to U.S. President George W. Bush, has joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as a contributor, making his debut on the 24-hour cable news network during …

NEW YORK, February 5: MTV has named Verizon FiOS TV as the exclusive on-demand provider for full episodes of its new series Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew, which will become available 24 hours after its initial on-air broadcast. …

NEW YORK, February 5: NBC Universal’s Bravo Media has started rolling out video content and an original online series on its satirical television commentary site, TelevisionWithoutPity.com. The first series on the site is This Week Without Pity, which has already …

PHILADELPHIA, February 5: Comcast will launch a line up of new feature films, movie trilogies and TV series on its signature On Demand service, with the majority available in HD. A selection of new television series will premiere on Comcast’s …

LOS ANGELES, February 5: PorchLight Home Entertainment has picked up the U.S. DVD distribution rights for the animated kids’ program Loopdidoo from Cake Distribution. Loopdidoo is an animated program for children aged 3 to 5 and is based on the …

HARRINGTON PARK, February 5: Janson Media has announced the worldwide DVD release of Racehoss: The Life of Albert Race Sample, which presents the true life story of Albert Race Sample, a former convict turned do-gooder. Filmed before a live audience, …

LONDON, February 5: MercuryMedia has acquired the hour-long documentary How Ohio Pulled it Off, produced by Ohio Filmmakers, which examines the 2004 U.S. Presidential elections. The film exposes the disenfranchisement of black voters by the state election board and the …