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NEW YORK/LONDON, March 9: The William Morris Agency has entered into an alliance with the Internet TV specialist Narrowstep to develop online television channels. “The rise of consumer power and choice in video is similar to the one I saw …

LONDON, March 9: Mexican DVD distributor En Pantalla has taken on the rights to distribute factual titles from BBC Worldwide in Mexico and Central America, via a two-year output deal. The deal will enable En Pantalla to release a minimum …

PARIS, March 9: For its annual Tokyo Showcase this year, taking place at the ANA Hotel from March 13 to 16, TV France International is joining forces with the Unifrance film market organized for the Tokyo French Film Festival. Forty-two …

TORONTO, March 9: Cuppa Coffee’s new 26×11-minute preschool series Bruno and the Banana Bunch will launch on Monday, April 2, on CBC in Canada. Bruno and the Banana Bunch follows the company’s successful interstitial series Bruno, which is currently airing …

BURBANK/PARIS, March 9: Caroline Lang has been promoted to the post of VP and managing director for France at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Lang is a 16-year Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner veteran. In her new position, …

LONDON, March 9: Nickelodeon U.K.’s David Lynn has been appointed as the executive VP and managing director of MTV Networks U.K. & Ireland, reporting to Bob Bakish, the president of MTV Networks International (MTVNI). In his new role, Lynn will …

LOS ANGELES, March 9: PorchLight Entertainment has appointed J. D. Beaufils to the post of VP of international sales, where he will oversee key European and Asian markets. In his new role, working with Adam Wright, the senior VP of …

LUXEMBOURG, March 8: RTL Group has recorded a 2006 profit of 1.11 billion euros, an 80.4 percent gain on its prior-year results, on revenues of 5.64 billion euros, a 10.3 percent increase on 2005. “2006 was a very satisfying year …

LOS ANGELES, March 8: DIRECTV executive Dan Fawcett has been appointed president of digital media for Fox Entertainment Group (FEG), effective immediately. In his new role, Fawcett will further the growth and evolution of the company’s digital media strategy, including …

NEW YORK, March 8: According to the Financial Times, News Corporation is in “active negotiations” with other content owners to license titles that it would distribute through its social networking site MySpace. Peter Levinsohn, the president of Fox Interactive Media, …