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JERUSALEM, November 5: According to wire reports, Israeli pay-TV provider Hot Telecommunications has dropped CNN from its lineup after being unable to reach a new carriage agreement with the news network. Reuters reports that Hot is not planning to replace …

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 …

NEW YORK, November 2: Net income at Viacom for the third quarter rose 80 percent to $641.6 million on revenues of $3.27 billion, a 24-percent gain, driven in part by the blockbuster Transformers. "Viacom delivered solid growth at the top …

LOS ANGELES, November 2: The Writers Guild of America has decided to go on strike after failing to reach a deal on the terms of a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and the …

NEW YORK, November 2: While CBS Corporation’s profit for the third quarter was up 8 percent to $343.3 million, the company saw revenues dip 3 percent to $3.3 billion. The company attributed the fall in revenues to lower television license …

LONDON, November 2: BSkyB’s profits for the three months ending September 30, 2007, fell almost 28 percent to £84 million despite growth in its subscription base and an 11-percent revenue gain to £1.2 billion. The company’s spat with Virgin Media—which …

COLUMBUS, November 2: Guardian Enterprise Group (GEG) is set to roll out its new multicast digital broadcast channel, .2Network, in the U.S. on February 3, 2008, which at launch will feature more than 300 films and TV series licensed from …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, November 2: Beginning this weekend, CBS’s Saturday morning children’s programming block, KEWLopolis on CBS, will roll out two new animated series: Dino Squad and Sushi Pack. Dino Squad and Sushi Pack will debut on Saturday, November 3. …

MIAMI, November 2: Univision and Disney-ABC International Television-Latin America have announced the cast of their joint production Amas de Casa Desesperadas, a U.S. Spanish-language version of the hit ABC drama series Desperate Housewives. Amas de Casa Desesperadas is set to …