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LONDON, April 28: Talent Television has appointed Dinah Gray as development executive for factual entertainment. Gray will bolster the factual entertainment team and help drive Talent’s development slate both in the U.K. and internationally. She will report to Talent’s managing …

REDMOND, April 28: The deadline for Yahoo! to come to a decision on Microsoft’s $42.7-billion offer passed this weekend with no announcement from either side and the looming possibility of a hostile takeover bid. On April 5, Microsoft’s CEO, Steve …

TORONTO, April 28: CTV has struck a deal with Disney-ABC International Television to make full-length episodes of the ABC dramas Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives available for online streaming in Canada via its CTV Video Player at CTV.ca. This …

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25: On a panel commemorating World Intellectual Property Day, Dan Glickman, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), emphasized the global significance of intellectual property, noting that it is “no longer an …

LONDON, April 25: James Murdoch, who was elevated to chairman and CEO for Europe and Asia at News Corporation in December, has said that the BBC is inhibiting competition in the British broadband market with its iPlayer service. Murdoch made …

ENGLEWOOD/PARIS, April 25: DISH Network will evaluate the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile broadcast technology in the U.S., with the appropriate equipment, test tools and training provided by Alcatel-Lucent. This test will take place in DISH Network's …

MIAMI, April 25: Alfredo Duran has been tapped as the senior VP of branded services and general manager of The Warner Channel Latin America, following several years with E! Entertainment Television in the region. Based in Miami, Duran will report …

SILVER SPRING, April 25: Planet Green, Discovery Communications’ new 24/7 eco-friendly network, will roll out Greensburg, a 13-part docu-series executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio that chronicles the environment-conscious rebuilding of a Kansas town following one of the largest tornados in …

WHITE PLAINS, April 25: Nokia Productions is teaming with director Spike Lee on a social-media driven film, with footage shot entirely by everyday people on their mobile devices. With the central theme of humanity, specifically the way music tells the …

STAMFORD, April 25: World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) WrestleMania XXIV will be the first sports title to be released in the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Canada. The Blu-ray double-disc WrestleMania XXIV set will be available …