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BEVERLY HILLS, July 12: PBS has greenlit an as-yet-untitled animated prime-time sitcom based on the hit NPR Radio show Car Talk, hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi. The new sitcom will launch with ten 30-minute episodes in summer 2008. The …

PHILADELPHIA, July 12: Jeff Shell, the president of Comcast’s programming group, and Matt Bond, the executive VP of the cable giant’s content acquisition group, have announced a series of promotions and expansion of duties within their respective divisions. Within the …

NEW YORK, July 12: News Corporation’s new FOX Business Network (FBN) is slated to launch in the U.S. on October 15, reaching 30 million subscribers. The new channel is headquartered in News Corporation's street level studios in midtown Manhattan. FBN …

LOS ANGELES, July 12: Last month, Internet TV platform Veoh Networks saw its user base grow to 14.3 million, a 223-percent rise since its February launch. Veoh expects its growth to continue to accelerate with the further rollout of VeohTV—currently …

HO CHI MINH CITY, July 11: At a seminar in Vietnam co-organized by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), the industry association hailed the gains made in that market, but stressed that regulations needed to be put …

NEW YORK, July 11: With limited carriage in the U.S. on Cablevision and Verizon’s FiOS TV, BBC World News is embarking on a new advertising campaign to create awareness of the global news network stateside. The consumer marketing campaign launched …

LONDON, July 11: In a speech at the QE2 Conference Centre in London, the BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, said public-service broadcasting in the U.K. would be more necessary than ever by 2012 as a result of “market failure” in comedy, …

TORONTO, July 11: The Canadian multi-faith and multicultural broadcaster VisionTV is set to broadcast the complete first season of the comedy series Little Mosque on the Prairie, beginning August 6 at 9 p.m. The first season of eight half-hour episodes …

BRUSSELS, July 11: The European Commission has sent Spain a letter of formal notice for failing to comply with Television Without Frontiers rules on spot advertising and tele-shopping. The Commission said that a report by an independent consultant revealed numerous …

LONDON, July 11: Ahead of the launch of the fourth season of The X Factor on ITV in the U.K., FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has lined up a host of new licensees for the show. ScentUps UK has been licensed rights …