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LONDON, July 25: The British media industry is continuing to deal with the fall-out from botched call-in competitions on a number of broadcasters, with GMTV chief Paul Corley resigning and Prime Minister Gordon Brown telling the House of Commons that …

LOS ANGELES, July 25: After declaring bankruptcy June 1, the youth targeted mobile service Amp’d Mobile has said it will cease operations on July 31 and that it is still in discussions to be bought out by another carrier. MTV …

NEW YORK, July 25: Jeff Gaspin has been named the president and COO of Universal Television Group, where he will retain oversight for NBC Universal’s entertainment cable networks and assume responsibility for Telemundo. In his newly expanded role, effective immediately, …

SINGAPORE, July 25: Cable platform StarHub is launching Sensasi, an entertainment channel targeted to Singapore’s Malay community, on its digital tier on August 7. Sensasi, which means “sensation” in Malay, will be offered to digital subscribers for an additional S$6 …

LONDON, July 25: BKN is creating a new studio facility dedicated to producing high-quality animation in digital high definition, with the comedy Stone Age the first project to roll out in late 2008. There will be a fixed capital investment …

LONDON, July 25: Granada International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to the one-hour documentary David Beckham: New Beginnings, which tracks the British football player’s recent move to Los Angeles. Produced by Simon Fuller’s 19 TV, the documentary follows Beckham …

LONDON, July 25: BabyTV, targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, will launch its 24-hour commercial-free channel in Canada on Personal TV from Rogers. The 24-hour service was recently approved by Canada’s CRTC regulatory body for distribution …

BEIJING, July 25: The Swedish production company Bringiton is developing a new shopping-based game show for the Mandarin-language channel China Entertainment Television (CETV), marking the broadcaster’s first acquisition of a title from a Western European firm. Launched in 2001, the …

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25: Ubisoft will develop and publish a video game based on Twentieth Century Fox's Avatar, the upcoming feature film written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron. The game is expected to be released in conjunction …

LOS ANGELES, July 24: On a taping of Late Show With David Letterman yesterday, actor and comedian Drew Carey revealed that he had just signed on as the new host of The Price Is Right game show on CBS, succeeding …