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CINCINNATI, December 14: The E. W. Scripps Company, which intends to separate into two publicly traded corporations by the middle of next year, has begun naming the board directors and senior management for the two companies, one focused on its …

ATLANTA, December 14: Molly Chase has been appointed as the new VP and executive producer for Cartoon Network New Media, reporting to the company’s senior VP and general manager, Paul Condolora. In her new role, Chase will oversee several Cartoon …

LOS ANGELES, December 14: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for “its refusal to bargain in good faith,” while the Directors …

NEW YORK, December 14: News Corporation has completed its acquisition of Dow Jones & Co., making The Wall Street Journal part of Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire. In August, News Corporation succeeded in its $5.6-billion takeover bid for Dow Jones …

MONTEREY, December 14: A new study from SNL Kagan estimates that total revenues from video on demand, pay per view and near video on demand generated by multichannel service providers in the U.S. will top $6 billion within five years. …

STOCKHOLM, December 14: Modern Times Group (MTG) has reached a deal to sell its Sonet Film Swedish production and distribution operation to Svensk Filmindustri (SF) for an undisclosed sum in cash. Announcing the deal, Hans-Holger Albrecht, the president and CEO …

BURBANK/ISTANBUL, December 14: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has inked a new multi-year distribution agreement with SARAN Media in Turkey, which has acquired the rights across a variety of platforms to current and library feature films, television series and …

PARIS/ROME, December 14: Alcatel-Lucent, 3 Italia and RAI are teaming for the world’s first trials of the DVB-SH standard, which is hoping to deliver more efficient spectrum usage and better reception than previously allowed by mobile-TV platforms. DVB-SH (Digital Video …

TAIPEI, December 14: Taiwanese children’s network YOYO TV has secured a two-year agreement with BabyTV to roll out a commercial-free programming block aimed at preschoolers, YOYO BabyTV, beginning Monday, December 17. YOYO BabyTV will broadcast as a half-hour block from …

SINGAPORE, December 14: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), the global broadcast and production partner for International Cricket Council (ICC) programming, has issued a call for participation in the tender process for the television broadcast rights to ICC events from 2008 to …