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NEW YORK, July 24: According to wire reports, NBC Universal is being sued for $105 million by a woman whose brother committed suicide after being caught on the newsmagazine Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator. The AP reports that Patricia …

MILAN, July 24: Italy's De Agostini is expanding its media and communications unit with the acquisition of the Marathon Group from private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital and the company’s senior management for an undisclosed sum. De Agostini Communications already owns …

HILVERSUM, July 24: Former Endemol chief Aat Schouwenaar has been nominated to serve as the new CEO and chairman of the company, succeeding Elías Rodriguez-Viña. The move comes following the sale of the company  to Mediaset, John De Mol’s Cyrte …

LONDON, July 24: The fallout from RDF’s botched trailer for the BBC’s documentary on the Queen continues, with Five announcing that it will be conducting a review of its procedures and will co-author a handbook for independent producers with Channel …

NEW YORK/LONDON, July 24: According to the results of a global study on youth and technology, conducted by MTV and Nickelodeon in association with Microsoft, 59 percent of 8- to 14-year-olds still prefer their TVs to their PCs and only …

STOCKHOLM, July 24: Second quarter revenues at the Modern Times Group rose 10 percent to SEK 2.8 billion ($426.7 million), delivering a profit of SEK 362 million ($54.3 million), a 4-percent year-on-year gain. For the quarter, Viasat Broadcasting’s revenues increased …

LOS ANGELES, July 24: On a taping of Late Show With David Letterman yesterday, actor and comedian Drew Carey revealed that he had just signed on as the new host of The Price Is Right game show on CBS, succeeding …

LONDON, July 24: Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and IPC Media will launch NutsTV in the U.K., a new male-targeted multiplatform television channel inspired by Nuts, a British weekly men’s magazine. The new channel is slated to launch initially as a …

MEXICO CITY, July 24: TV Azteca has reported second quarter revenues of Ps. 2.2 billion ($206.9 million), a 19-percent drop on last year, with net profit down 68 percent to Ps. 218 million ($20.2 million). "Comparables are particularly difficult this …

BURLINGAME, July 24: The new U.S. airline Virgin America, which will start domestic service on August 8, has reached a deal to feature an exclusive content channel from the San Francisco-based young adult-targeted Current TV on Red, its in-flight entertainment …