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TORONTO/LONDON, November 5: DECODE Enterprises has announced the promotion of Josh Scherba to director of sales and the appointment of Lara Ilie as a sales executive. The changes in the division reflect the expansion of DECODE’s distribution activity in worldwide …

ZURICH, November 5: Zattoo, a new IPTV platform, has entered into an agreement with ABC News and Disney-ABC International Television to distribute the ABC News Now channel in Germany, Spain and Belgium. Zattoo plans to extend the reach of the …

TEHRAN, November 5: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union has called on the International Olympic Council (IOC) to give priority to free-TV broadcasters when licensing the rights to the Olympic Games. The statement, named the Tehran Declaration on Media Coverage of the …

SANTA MONICA, November 5: The 28th American Film Market (AFM) has set an all-time attendance record, registering a total of 8,343 attendees to date, a 1.6-percent increase from the previous year. Some 1,628 buyers from 65 countries registered for the …

SINGAPORE, November 5: SingTel has inked agreements for new SVOD movie channels on its pay-TV platform mio TV from NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox and Disney-ABC International Television and from the Bollywood studio Eros International. The launch of the four …

ATLANTA, November 5: AMC’s programming chief Robert Sorcher is joining Cartoon Network in January as chief content officer, reporting to Stuart Snyder, the executive VP and COO for Turner Broadcasting System’s animation, young adults and kids’ media group. Based in …

BRISTOL/REDMOND, November 5: Microsoft Corporation has added high- and standard-definition full-length sporting events, television shows and video game programming from ESPN to Xbox LIVE, its online games and entertainment network on Xbox 360. ESPN programming available for download on Xbox …

MIAMI, November 5: The U.S. Hispanic network Telemundo will make full-length episodes of its prime-time shows and novelas available online via the Yahoo! Telemundo website the morning after their linear broadcast. Located at www.yahootelemundo.com, the new video features include Telemundo's …

HONG KONG, November 5: Hong Kong broadcaster TVB Jade has received the Asia Pacific Child Rights Award 2007 for its documentary Children Left Behind. The award was presented during a ceremony held on November 2 at this year’s CASBAA Convention. …

SAN BRUNO/CHICAGO, November 5: Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions has partnered with YouTube to launch a new channel on the video sharing site that will offer up a selection of exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and guest moments from The Oprah Winfrey Show. …