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FAIRFIELD/NEW YORK, February 6: General Electric Company today confirmed Jeff Zucker’s immediate appointment as president and CEO of NBC Universal, succeeding Bob Wright, who has served as chairman and CEO for 21 years. Wright will continue to serve as a …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: Eurocinema, the on-demand video service featuring European theatrical films, has signed an exclusive deal with The Cinema Guild making its catalog of foreign films available across North America via VOD, beginning this spring. "We’re delighted with …

BOSTON, February 6: Turner Broadcasting System and the New York-based marketing firm Interference will shell out a total of $2 million to cover the costs of the bomb scare in Boston caused by a Cartoon Network marketing ploy. According to …

TORONTO/LAKE MARY: February 6: OUTtv, the Canadian 24/7 cable channel dedicated to gay and lesbian content, has licensed five feature films from the Florida-based company Film Source. The films include: Bollywood and Vine, directed by Edward Jordon and Donald Farmer; …

SILVER SPRING, February 6: David Zaslav, the new CEO of Discovery Communications, has initiated a significant restructure at the company with five senior executives exiting, including Billy Campbell and Dawn McCall. Campbell’s position, of president of U.S. networks for Discovery, …

MONTREAL, February 6: Just For Laughs has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for My Adventures With Cloe, a new adult-skewing animated series from Canada’s Fatkat Animation Studios. My Adventures With Cloe captures the relationship between a bullied 8-year-old, Timmy, and …

Super Bowl Records 93.15 Million Viewers BURBANK, February 6: The Super Bowl on CBS on Sunday averaged 93.15 million viewers, making it the second most-watched Super Bowl ever and helping Criminal Minds, broadcast immediately after the event, to a series …

BURBANK, February 6: The Walt Disney Company has merged the advertising sales and promotions teams for its kids- and family-focused television, online, radio and publishing businesses under the Disney Media Advertising Sales and Marketing Group, led by Tricia Wilber as …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will deliver a keynote speech at this year’s Promax/BDA conference, taking place in New York City from June 12 to 14. In announcing the news today, Michael Benson, Promax/BDA’s chairman and …

BURBANK, February 6: Samantha Ryan has been named senior VP of development and production for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). In her new post, Ryan will have general oversight of WBIE’s development and production teams and will be responsible for …