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BEVERLY HILLS, August 3: News Corporation’s mobile division, Jamster, has announced the promotions of Craig Vaughan, Miriam Holzman and Beth Kearns. Vaughan is now VP of business development for Fox Mobile Entertainment, a Jamster division, after serving as executive director. …

NEW YORK, August 3: Bravo has promoted Cori Abraham to VP of development and production from her previous position as the director of development and production. Since joining Bravo in April 2004, Abraham has developed and executive produced shows such …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Edie Lauw has been promoted to VP of worldwide television finance at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from her previous position as the executive director of worldwide television finance. In her new position, based in the company’s headquarters in …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Industry veteran Rose Adkins has been named global president of marketing and distribution for FarCor Studios, based in Los Angeles. Reporting to co-presidents and founders Ralph Farquhar and Dwayne Corbitt, Adkins will be responsible for developing …

BUENOS AIRES, August 3: Claxson has completed the sale of IberoAmerican Radio Chile to Spain’s Grupo Prisa for $74.6 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Prisa’s Unión Radio takes control of all of the radio networks of IberoAmerican Radio …

SUNNYVALE, August 3: Yahoo! aims to revamp its video strategy by year-end in order to better compete against YouTube, according to published reports, with plans to ramp up TV, movie and music content available on the site. Mike Folgner, Yahoo's …

ATLANTA, August 3: TNT’s detective drama The Closer, starring Golden Globe-winner Kyra Sedgwick, has been renewed for a fourth season of 15 new episodes, set to launch in summer 2008. The Closer ranks as ad-supported cable’s number-one series of all …

NEW YORK, August 3: Darren Feher, the executive VP and chief technology officer for NBC Universal, is expanding his role within the company, focusing on the creation of an organization dedicated to digital product innovation and emerging technology. Feher will …

SAN DIEGO/FORT LAUDERDALE, August 3: Veoh Networks has teamed with Collegiate Images, the licensing and rights clearance agency of still images and video focusing exclusively on college sports, for the launch of a dedicated NCAA Football channel on Veoh.com in …

KUALA LUMPUR, August 3: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has launched the ABU-Media Awareness Exchange (MAE), a new satellite and Internet distribution service aimed at delivering pro-social content to broadcasters across the region on issues such as poverty and climate …