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FOSTER CITY, January 25: In its first collaboration with a television content provider, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has made MTV programming available on Universal Media Discs (UMDs), the data cartridges used by the handheld PlayStation Portable (PSP) device. The …

UNIVERSAL CITY, January 25: Allan Navarrete has been named VP, sales liaison for Latin America at NBC Universal International Television Distribution. Navarrete will oversee the free, pay and basic cable television efforts of NBC Universal programming throughout Latin America, Spain …

NEW YORK, January 25: The Nielsen Company has announced the commercial launch of a web-based measurement service that aggregates and anonymously reports on VOD usage based on real-time transactions collected from set-top boxes, with Comcast coming aboard as the first …

MONTREAL, January 25: Cindy Witten has been appointed director general of the National Film Board of Canada’s English program, effective February 25. Canada’s public producer-distributor plucked Witten from History Television, where she has served as the VP of content since …

TOKYO, January 25: Shigeo Fukuchi has been officially inaugurated as the new president of Japanese pubcaster NHK, after having been approved by the company’s board of governors in December 2007. At a press conference earlier today, Fukuchi said that the …

Kabillion Appoints Programming, Development Director LOS ANGELES, January 25: The multiplatform kids’ entertainment provider Kabillion has appointed Rebecca Agbe-Davies as director of programming and development. In her new role, Agbe-Davies will oversee content acquisitions and scheduling for the VOD and …

LONDON, January 25: BBC Two will carry a live broadcast of Super Bowl XLII from Arizona on Sunday, February 3, at 10:50 p.m., marking the first time that the British pubcaster has aired the popular American football event. Jake Humphrey …

ATLANTA, January 25: TNT has given the go ahead to a new legal drama, tentatively titled Raising the Bar, from Emmy-winning producer Steven Bochco. The series, which stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar (NYPD Blue), Gloria Reuben (ER) and Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in …

BOULOGNE, January 25: Full-year 2007 revenues at the TF1 Group were up 4.1 percent to 2.8 billion euros, with the greatest gains being in the French broadcaster’s Audiovisual Rights segment. French broadcasting revenues were up 3.1 percent to 2.2 billion …

NEW YORK, January 25: Sandra Carter Global (SCG) and Sandra Carter International (SCI) will merge with Lightworks Program Distribution (LPD), with SCG’s founder and principal, Sandra Carter, to join Lightworks as executive VP of business development. John Cuddihy, LPD’s president …