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ENGLEWOOD, January 14: Liberty Media Corporation has purchased an additional 14 million shares in Barry Diller’s InterActiveCorp (IAC) for $339.5 million. In a statement, Liberty Media says it “took advantage of recent weakness in IAC’s shares to increase its holding …

MCLEAN, January 14: USA Today Live, the TV arm of the USA Today print brand, will roll out a new lineup of television and online projects, partnering with fuse, Versus and MOJO HD on a range of series-based programming and …

NEW YORK, January 14: The Walt Disney Company’s president and CEO, Robert A. Iger, will deliver the opening keynote interview at the 2008 Media Summit New York conference on March 12. Editors from BusinessWeek will conduct the interview at the …

LONDON, January 14: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced several recent appointments within its London-based sales operation in response to continued growth opportunities across EMEA, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. Moving to SPTI’s European headquarters as VP of …

NEW YORK, January 14: WSN INC., the leading publishing group for the international media industry, is renaming its factual programming brand, TV Docs, as TV Real, and is set to launch a new weekly online newsletter covering the world of …

HONG KONG, January 14: Rob Gilby has been tapped as the new senior VP and managing director of Disney-ABC International Television, Asia-Pacific, filling a role vacated by Steve Macallister last year. Gilby previously served as the managing director of Disney …

LOS ANGELES, January 14: With the sale of Alliance Atlantis complete, CBS Paramount International Television has taken on the worldwide distribution rights to the CSI franchise, effective immediately. CBS Paramount International Television has taken on all three series following the …

SINGAPORE, January 14: SPE Networks—Asia has appointed Jack Lim as VP of advertising sales and marketing, replacing Gregory Ho, following his promotion to channel head of Animax Asia. As head of the advertising sales and marketing team, Lim will spearhead …

SILVER SPRING, January 14: Animal Planet in the U.S. is set to relaunch in February with a new logo, new content and new tagline: “Same Planet. Different World.” In February alone the channel will feature eight new series and specials, …

BURBANK, January 14: CBS has ordered three new alternative/reality offerings for broadcast later this year, including one from Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg of MTV’s Punk’d fame. Kutcher and Goldberg’s Game Show in My Head is a hidden-camera game show …