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LONDON, March 17: News Corporation has appointed Matthew Anderson as the group director of strategy and corporate affairs for Europe and Asia, effective April 15. In his new role, Anderson will pursue a wide remit supporting the operations of the …

NEW YORK, March 17: Lifetime Networks has named OMD’s managing director, Debbie Richman, to the position of executive VP of ad sales. Beginning April 1, Richman will oversee all ad sales for Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women …

LONDON, March 17: Channel 4 International (C4i) has bulked up its sales and acquisitions teams with several new hires and the promotion of Patrick Roberts to VP of international sales. Roberts will be responsible for sales to the U.S. and …

NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY, March 17: Grupo Televisa has reached an exclusive agreement to distribute content from NBC Universal's Telemundo across multiple platforms in Mexico, including broadcast TV, pay TV and emerging digital platforms. Beginning in April, Televisa's Channel 9 will …

HONG KONG, March 17: A new survey from Media Partners Asia (MPA) predicts that the Indian television industry will grow at an average annual rate of 16 percent to generate more than $11.5 billion in annual revenues by 2012 versus …

CULVER CITY, March 17: Bob Osher has been appointed as the new president of the digital production division of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), while Hannah Minghella has been named the president of production for Sony Pictures Animation. Minghella and Tim …

NEW YORK, March 17: Carolyn Strauss will leave her post as the president of entertainment programming at HBO, with a search under way by the premium cable channel for her replacement. Strauss has been with HBO for her entire career, …

BURBANK, March 14: Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's final book in the hit series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released in two parts. The first part of Harry Potter and the …

CULVER CITY, March 14: After serving as the president of the digital division at Sony Pictures Entertainment for nearly ten years, Yair Landau is planning to leave the studio in April. Landau, who has been with Sony Pictures for 17 …

RESTON, March 14: Digital research firm comScore’s most recent Video Metrix report has revealed that Google’s video-sharing site YouTube accounted for one-third of the 9.8 billion videos viewed online in the U.S. during January. The firm also noted that the …