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LOS ANGELES, January 24: The social-networking website MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, has promoted Jeff Berman to the newly created role of executive VP of marketing and content. Berman will be responsible for spearheading the growth and expansion …

LONDON, January 24: BBC Worldwide has inked a deal to bring current and archived short-form content to MySpaceTV, the social networking site’s online video platform, marking the first global agreement of its kind between MySpaceTV and a major broadcaster. Under …

DUBLIN/TORONTO, January 24: Irish animation studio Brown Bag Films has tapped former Alliance Atlantis executive Alan Gregg as its VP of international production, based out of the company’s newly-opened Toronto office. Gregg will work closely with Gerald Murphy, Brown Bag …

NEW YORK, January 24: A new study from ABI Research says that the total number of mobile TV subscribers will rise to 462 million by 2012, driven largely by the expansion of 3G networks and flat-rate plans for mobile video. …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: The floral service Teleflora has teamed up with NBC and producers Reveille for America’s Favorite Mom, a one-hour prime-time special airing on May 11, Mother’s Day, at 7 p.m. The initiative, which commemorates the 100th anniversary …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, January 24: NBC Universal-owned SCI FI Channel has picked up the off-network cable rights to seasons one and two of the drama series Jericho from CBS Television Distribution. Jericho will make its SCI FI debut with a …

PHILADELPHIA/SAN DIEGO, January 24: FEARnet, a horror and thriller website and VOD service, has inked a deal to bring its content to Veoh Networks, the Internet video service backed by former Disney chief Michael Eisner, with the two companies set …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has secured additional carriage for its new MGM HD Channel, featuring classic and contemporary films in high definition, on Verizon’s FiOS TV service. MGM HD will be rolled out in late 2008 across …

ENGLEWOOD, January 24: Starz Entertainment has secured the rights to hundreds of movie titles through new library agreements and extended output deals with five major studios, including Sony Pictures Television, Disney-ABC Domestic Television and MGM Worldwide Television Group. Among the …

LONDON, January 24: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has racked up approximately 300 hours of programming sales to Latin America ahead of NATPE next week. DIRECTV and the pan-regional TNT have picked up The Brit Awards 2008. Performances already confirmed for the …