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LOS ANGELES, October 19: BabyFirstTV, a 24/7 commercial-free television channel for babies and toddlers, will roll out a line of DVDs based on original programming from the channel, beginning November 1. The initial phase of the BabyFirstTV DVD collection will …

LONDON, October 19: As one of several changes within its programming department, British broadcaster Five has named Alex Menzies, currently the deputy controller of features, as its new head of features. Menzies joined Five in July 2005 after ten years …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, October 19: CBS Corporation, NBC Universal, Viacom, Fox Entertainment Group and The Walt Disney Company have aligned with new-media players Dailymotion, Veoh Networks, Microsoft Corp. and MySpace for a set of guidelines to protect copyrighted content online. …

LONDON, October 18: The BBC Trust has approved Director-General Mark Thompson’s six-year reform plan for the organization, including 1,800 job cuts. The emphasis of the reforms is on turning the pubcaster into a “smaller but fitter” organization, with every division …

LONDON, October 18: ITV’s financial results for this year will include a £18-million charge related to costs incurred from the call-in scandal that besieged the British commercial broadcaster this year. ITV revealed details of the charge following the publication of …

LONDON, October 18: The BBC has received approval from the BBC Trust to launch bbc.com, its online destination for users outside of the U.K. that will feature advertising; British users’ experience of bbc.co.uk will not be affected. Ad revenues from …

HAMILTON, October 18: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has appointed Adrian Sarbu, who has served as CME’s partner in Romania since 1995, as its new COO. Sarbu has been the leader of CME’s Romanian operations for the past 12 years, …

LONDON, October 18: Dori Media International has launched its fourth branded channel on YouTube, this one focused on its hit telenovela El Refugio (The Shelter). The launch of the new destination (located at www.youtube.com/elrefugio) follows the August rollout of Dori’s …

MIAMI, October 18: A year and a half after beginning operations in Miami, Spanish Broadcasting System’s (SBS) MEGA TV channel has now secured national distribution in the U.S. on DIRECTV MAS. Starting from yesterday, DIRECTV MAS airs Mega TV's programming …

HOUSTON, October 18: Desaparecidos, a new weekly one-hour television series featuring real-life cases of missing Hispanics in the U.S., will premiere on Tuesday, October 23, on LAT-TV’s 22-market network, along with additional clearances across the U.S. Co-produced by LAT-TV, the …