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LONDON, July 27: Babelgum today launched a channel dedicated to the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, an annual event celebrating short films and music videos that kicks off in London tomorrow. As of today, Babelgum users can access highlights from the …

SAN DIEGO, July 27: MTV Networks’ male-targeted Spike TV has announced its first-ever ringtone deal, inking an agreement with Spider-Man co-creator and comic book legend Stan Lee. The deal with Lee and his POW! Entertainment will see ringtones being made …

SAN DIEGO, July 26: Internet TV specialist Veoh Networks has tapped Yahoo! veteran Steve Mitgang as its new CEO, succeeding Dmitry Shapiro, who now assumes the role of founder and chief innovation officer. Mitgang comes to Veoh from Yahoo!, where …

SANTA MONICA, July 26: David Goldhill has been appointed as president and CEO of GSN, effective August 1, succeeding Rich Cronin, who previously announced his resignation. In his new post, Goldhill will be responsible for all aspects of GSN's business, …

SAN DIEGO/LOS ANGELES/BASKING RIDGE, July 26: ESPN, MediaFLO USA and Verizon Wireless have teamed up for the delivery of the first mobile TV channel dedicated to action sports, EXPN, on Verizon’s V CAST Mobile TV, complementing X Games coverage. EXPN …

MIAMI, July 26: Venevision International Films has reached a deal to distribute a large selection of Spanish-language movies through the digital video download service Amazon Unbox, starting today. Customers can access the Venevision titles through the new “Spanish Language" section …

NEW YORK, July 26: Disney Channel’s High School Musical 2 will be made available on Verizon’s FiOS TV's video on demand library prior its worldwide premiere on August 17. Verizon also will launch a public sweepstakes in the Kids area …

SINGAPORE, July 26: Asian content management company Six-Six-Eight (6-6-8) and preschool channel provider Zebra TV Channels have launched Luli, the 24/7 channel targeted at babies, in Singapore on SingTel’s new pay-TV platform MioTV. Luli is aimed at babies from a …

TOKYO, July 26: At Sony Corporation, profit for the first quarter doubled to $540 million, on revenues of $16.1 billion, a 13.3 percent rise on Q1 2006, driven in part by strong sales of the company’s digital cameras, as well …

LONDON, July 26: In a two-year distribution deal, Belgian public broadcaster VRT will have an exclusive first look at Channel 4 International’s programming catalogue, and has agreed to acquire a minimum of 45 hours of programming each year for representation …