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NEW YORK, May 21: RHI Entertainment has appointed former GSN executive Russell Maitland to the newly created position of senior VP of advertising sales. Based in New York, Maitland, who has already assumed the post, will be responsible for leading …

LONDON, May 21: Providence Equity Partners is said to be leading a consortium of private equity funds that is mulling a $15-billion bid for British quad-play provider Virgin Media. Private-equity interest in the firm, where Sir Richard Branson is the …

LONDON, May 21: The British Academy Television Awards were presented last night at a ceremony at the London Palladium, with the Pioneer Audience Award going to BBC’s Life on Mars, while the International award went to HBO’s Entourage. In the …

STOCKHOLM, May 21: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting has launched a new pan-Scandinavian online video streaming site offering up on-demand access to movies, series and sports content. Located at www.viasatondemand.se, .dk and .no. Viasat OnDemand will provide streaming of a …

NEW YORK, May 21: Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), a division of Lightworks Enterprises, has acquired Kralyevich Productions, Inc. (KPI), an Emmy Award-winning producer of non-fiction and fiction series and specials for broadcasters such as A&E, National Geographic Channel, The History …

BURBANK, May 21: Disney-ABC International Television has closed deals in 130 territories on the ABC series Ugly Betty, the U.S. adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Betty la fea. Announcing the news yesterday as the studio unveiled its new network pickups, …

DALLAS, May 21: Beginning Sunday nights in January 2008, the long-running PBS British drama strand Masterpiece Theater will broadcast The Complete Jane Austen, which includes adaptations of all of Jane Austen's six novels, and Miss Austen Regrets, a new drama …

LONDON, May 21: The BBC’s combined international news services attracted a record global weekly audience of more than 233 million during 2006-2007, an increase of 23 million from the previous year. The global figures include the combined news services of …

MIAMI, May 21: Nickelodeon Latin America has closed several key regional broadcast deals for Kappa Mikey, the channel’s first anime series created and produced entirely in the U.S., by Animation Collective. Nickelodeon Latin America has secured deals for the series …

LOS ANGELES, May 21: The Hispanic-targeted LATV Network, the first bilingual music/entertainment digital multicast network in the U.S., has expanded its reach by securing a 10-market affiliation agreement with Entravision Communications Corporation. With the new agreement, LATV is now placed …