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LONDON, February 27: UKTV shareholders BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media Television have appointed David Abraham, most recently the head of TLC in the U.S., as CEO of UKTV, effective in mid-April and reporting to the UKTV Board. In his new …

MIAMI/SÏ PAOLO, February 27: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Irving Plonskier to VP of pan-regional advertising sales in Latin America, and Alberto Niccoli, Jr. to VP of advertising sales in Brazil. Based at SPTI’s Latin American headquarters in …

NEW YORK, February 27: CBS Corporation has reported a fourth-quarter profit of $335 million, versus last year’s loss of $9.1 billion, while full-year profit rose to $1.7 billion from a $7.1 billion loss for 2005. "CBS' first year out of …

LONDON, February 27: The BBC Trust has given its provisional approval to Freesat, the public broadcaster’s proposed free digital satellite service. The BBC has drawn up a plan for Freesat to be operated as a joint venture with the U.K.’s …

DURHAM, February 27: Motricity, a provider of mobile content services, today announced the completion of $50 million in equity funding from billionaire investor Carl Icahn. Motricity also announced the appointment of Brett Icahn, an investment analyst with Icahn Associates and …

LONDON, February 27: A poll commissioned by the British independent producers association Pact has shown that parents in the U.K. place a high value on locally produced content for their kids. The poll, conducted by YouGov, sampled 2,551 adults across …

NEW YORK, February 27: Viacom’s Comedy Central network will launch Web Shows, a new on-air half-hour late-night series featuring original broadband programming from its website and from AtomFilms, on March 5 at 2 a.m. The new series marks the network’s …

LONDON, February 27: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has acquired the rights to two new drama series from Toronto- and Los Angeles-based production outfit Blueprint Entertainment: Love You To Death and The Best Years, both of which will be launched at MIPTV. …

LONDON, February 26: BabyFirst, a 24/7 commercial-free television channel dedicated to babies and toddlers, launched in the U.K. today exclusively on BSkyB. First launched in May 2006, BabyFirst is available to 59 million households in the U.S. and Mexico. With …

SAN ANTONIO, February 26: Scripps Networks' linear, high-definition and on-demand programming will be available as part of AT&T’s U-verse TV lineup, the two companies announced today. Under the agreement, AT&T will deliver HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living TV …