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NEW YORK, July 20: Dieter von Holtzbrinck is stepping down from the Dow Jones & Company board, citing concerns with the impact a sale to News Corporation would have on the company’s “journalistic values.” According to reports, von Holtzbrinck abstained …

LONDON, July 20: ITV has followed the BBC’s lead in suspending any further commissions from RDF Media until the investigation into the botched trailer for a documentary about the Queen has been completed. Earlier this week, the BBC said it …

SINGAPORE, July 20: Singapore Telecommunications has launched mio TV, a new pay-TV service featuring 24 linear channels, including new offerings from VOOM and the BBC, and video on demand content such as a host of feature films from Sony Pictures …

NEW YORK/PLAINVIEW, July 20: The National Hockey League (NHL) has tapped NeuLion to power its new online video portal, which will offer live hockey games and is scheduled to rollout at the start of the 2007-08 season. The new NHL …

TORONTO, July 20: More than 400 international broadcasters, producers and distributors from 20-plus countries are expected to attend the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers’ (WCSFP) 15th annual conference in New York City, November 26-29. Last year’s edition in …

NEW YORK, July 20: Cable channel AMC launched its first original drama series, Mad Men, today on the iTunes Store, following its television premiere last night. The show, created by Matthew Weiner, an Emmy-Award winning executive producer and writer of …

MONTREAL, July 20: Just for Laughs, a distributor of light entertainment comedy television programming, has announced that it will partner with Achilles Media in launching The World Comedy Conference as part of the two-day Just For Laughs Festival in July …

LONDON/NEW YORK, July 20: HIT Entertainment has announced the signing of Pierce Brosnan as the new voice of the narrator for Thomas & Friends. “To say we are thrilled that Pierce Brosnan is the new narrator of Thomas & Friends …

LONDON, July 20: Granada International has sold the live-action tween drama Darcy’s Wildlife to Turner Broadcasting System’s (TBS) Boomerang channel in Latin America. The first and second seasons of the series have already begun to air in the region on …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS, July 20: The French animation studio Alphanim has appointed Al Ovadia & Associates as the U.S. distribution and licensing agent for the animated series Galactik Football. Under the deal, Al Ovadia & Associates has been granted the rights …