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NEW YORK, July 12: News Corporation’s new FOX Business Network (FBN) is slated to launch in the U.S. on October 15, reaching 30 million subscribers. The new channel is headquartered in News Corporation's street level studios in midtown Manhattan. FBN …

LOS ANGELES, July 12: Last month, Internet TV platform Veoh Networks saw its user base grow to 14.3 million, a 223-percent rise since its February launch. Veoh expects its growth to continue to accelerate with the further rollout of VeohTV—currently …

NEW YORK, July 12: BBC Worldwide America has renewed and extended its content deal with U.S. on-demand cable service provider iN DEMAND Networks. The new contract sees iN DEMAND adding an additional 55 hours of family and drama movies from …

UNTERFOEHRING, July 12: EM.TV AG has changed its name to EM.Sport Media with immediate effect, and its headquarters have moved to Ismaning, near Munich. The German company announced plans to change its name last month. It is working to sell …

LONDON, July 11: In a speech at the QE2 Conference Centre in London, the BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, said public-service broadcasting in the U.K. would be more necessary than ever by 2012 as a result of “market failure” in comedy, …

TORONTO, July 11: The Canadian multi-faith and multicultural broadcaster VisionTV is set to broadcast the complete first season of the comedy series Little Mosque on the Prairie, beginning August 6 at 9 p.m. The first season of eight half-hour episodes …

BRUSSELS, July 11: The European Commission has sent Spain a letter of formal notice for failing to comply with Television Without Frontiers rules on spot advertising and tele-shopping. The Commission said that a report by an independent consultant revealed numerous …

LONDON, July 11: Ahead of the launch of the fourth season of The X Factor on ITV in the U.K., FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has lined up a host of new licensees for the show. ScentUps UK has been licensed rights …

LOS ANGELES, July 11: Disney-ABC Domestic Television has reached an agreement to make a number of new and classic feature films from The Walt Disney Studios available to U.S. members of Microsoft’s online video download service, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, starting …

KNOXVILLE, July 11: After serving as the senior VP of Scripps Networks Interactive, Beth Higbee is taking on a new role with the company as senior VP and general manager of Emerging Ventures. Higbee will focus on the creation of …