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BURBANK, April 30: NBC and FremantleMedia North America have teamed up with MySpace for a virtual audition city episode of America’s Got Talent, in a nationwide search for performers for the show’s third season. As of yesterday, a virtual America’s …

LONDON, April 30: For the nine months ended March 31, 2008, BSkyB reported a loss of £118 million, versus the profit of £388 million in the year-ago period, due to an impairment charge of £474 million relating to its investment …

LOS ANGELES, April 30: Comcast’s male-skewing channel G4 is rolling out a new half-hour series, Hurl!, that combines eating competitions with physical challenges, for debut this summer. In each episode, five contestants will attempt to consume the largest quantity of …

PARIS, April 30: In its bid to strengthen its online presence, French broadcaster M6 has acquired 100 percent of Cyréalis, which operates a range of websites in the country, including the tech magazine and download destination Clubic.com and the gaming …

SINGAPORE, April 30: NBC Universal has appointed Christopher Williams to the newly created role of VP of commercial and network development for Asia Pacific at its Global Networks division, effective immediately. Williams will report to Greg Matson, the senior VP …

HAMILTON, April 30: Central European Media Enterprises has reported a 51-percent rise in revenues for the first quarter to $223.5 million, with a target of reaching $1.1 billion in revenues for the full year. Operating income for the quarter increased …

LONDON, April 30: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has promoted Bhavneet Singh to executive VP and managing director of its emerging markets group. In this position, Singh will continue to oversee all aspects of MTVNI’s businesses across its portfolio of music, …

STUDIO CITY, April 29: Crown Media Holdings has re-upped its distribution agreement for Hallmark Channel with Cablevision Systems, which now includes both the standard and high-definition versions of Hallmark Movie Channel as well. “We are very happy to announce this …

NEW YORK, April 29: On May 10, U.S. Hispanic network V-me will join a lineup of broadcasters that include BSkyB in the U.K. and STAR TV in Asia in airing Pangea Day, a live four-hour global event showcasing short films …

NEW YORK, April 29: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has acquired the exclusive representation rights from Crown Creative to the Japanese fashion property Rebecca Bonbon, created by Yuko Shimizu, the designer of Hello Kitty. Launched in Japan in 2005 by Crown Creative, …