Top Stories

LONDON, February 5: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Microsoft’s Online Services Group have reached a deal to make clips from selected MTV Networks shows available across nine countries in Europe via MSN Video, Microsoft’s free, VOD Internet channel. The European …

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. …

BURBANK, February 4: The Walt Disney Company’s Board of Directors has signed Robert A. Iger to a new five-year contract to remain in his current position as president and CEO. Iger’s previous contract would have expired on September 30, 2010. …

BRISTOL, February 4: Off the Fence (OTF) has licensed to Crime and Investigation Network UK the rights to four mystery/crime documentaries, including The Death of JFK Jr. All four documentaries were produced by Lincoln Square Productions for The Learning Channel …

MOSCOW, February 4: Russian broadcaster CTC Media has reached a deal to take a 20-percent stake in Almaty-based Channel 31, the fourth-largest broadcaster in Kazakhstan with an audience share of 7.1 percent in the second half of 2007. Channel 31 …

PARIS, February 4: Italian producer Gruppo Alcuni has appointed The Box Distribution as the distributor in French-speaking territories for its new animated series Leonardo. The 26×13-minute series tells the story of a group of Tuscan youngsters from the 1400s that …