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LONDON, February 29: Endemol UK has named Tim Hincks as chief executive, Lucas Church as COO and Richard Johnston as chief financial officer. For the past five years, Hincks has overseen all of the U.K. group’s output, first as creative …

PARIS, February 29: Vivendi’s adjusted net income for 2007 was up 8.3 percent to 2.8 billion euros, on revenues of 21.7 billion euros, which were 8-percent higher than the year-ago period. Announcing the results, Vivendi’s CEO, Jean-Bernard Levy, noted: “2007 …

RIO DE JANEIRO, February 29: Globo TV International has named Tatiana Peres as the sales executive for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, rounding out the regional sales team that also includes Marcelo Mattar and Victor Teixeira. Peres will be …

NEW YORK, February 29: Time Warner has announced the consolidation of its filmed-entertainment businesses, Warner Bros. Entertainment and New Line Cinema, with New Line Cinema to operate as a unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment. As part of the consolidation, New …

BURBANK, February 29: ABC Entertainment has announced early pick ups of alternative series for next season, including America’s Funniest Home Videos and Dancing with the Stars. America’s Funnies Home Videos, currently in its 18th season, is the longest-running prime-time show …

LOS ANGELES, February 29: NBC has pulled the made-for-Internet series quarterlife from its schedule after just one episode, which received lackluster ratings. According to reports, the network had intended to run the series on the next five Sunday nights. Dateline …

STOCKHOLM, February 28: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has inked an agreement to include the TV2 channel, the TV2 news channel and the TV2 movie channel on Viasat’s DTH satellite pay-TV platform in Norway. The TV2 channel will be …

NEW YORK, February 28: Spanish digital network V-me will debut three new weekly prime-time mini-series in the U.S. to air on Monday nights, beginning March 3 with Treasure Island, distributed by Germany’s SevenOne International. Treasure Island (La isla del tesoro) …

SINGAPORE, February 28: Beginning on March 3, StarHub Digital Cable will add a new 24-hour Mandarin news channel, TVBS-NEWS, to its Chinese Entertainment Basic Group for no additional cost. TVBS-NEWS specializes in global coverage of major news events, with correspondents …

SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG, February 28: GekTV will launch three Mandarin-language STAR channels on its U.S.-based IPTV platform on March 15. The three channels are STAR Chinese Channel, which features entertainment offerings from game shows and talk shows to lifestyle and …