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LONDON, April 10: Chris Philip is set to join Power as president of worldwide sales upon the completion of his contract with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, where he is the VP of sales for Latin America. A former executive …

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10: The U.S. government has lodged two complaints against China at the World Trade Organization, citing the rampant piracy of American intellectual property in the country. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab noted: “Piracy and counterfeiting levels in …

LONDON/PARIS, April 10: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has appointed Alexandre Moussard as VP of sales for French-speaking Europe, reporting to Jim Brehm, the company’s senior VP of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Moussard, who will be …

TORONTO, April 9: CTVglobemedia has reached a deal to offload several channels from CHUM—which it is in the process of acquiring—including SexTV and the A-Channel local stations, to Rogers Media for C$137.5 million ($119.4 million) in cash. The deal covers …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: Endemol USA has inked a first-look deal to produce original content for Break.com, an online entertainment channel for men that has a user base of about 16 million. This marks the first time that Endemol USA …

NEW YORK, April 9: Video content from Warner Music Group (WMG) artists will be available on Joost, with the new Internet TV platform set to offer a range of WMG channels tagged to a particular artist, genre or record label. …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: The 24-hour French-language channel TV5Monda USA is expanding its kids’ offerings with new afternoon block featuring both animated and live-action fare. Launching this week, the new block will initially feature Potlach la ferme (The Farm Potlach) …

BRISTOL, April 9: According to local reports, Aardman Animations has been given the go ahead to build new headquarters, budgeted at $10 million, next to its current base in Bristol. The BBC reports that Bristol’s city council has greenlit Aardman’s …

NEW YORK, April 9: ImaginAsian TV has bolstered its Korean drama lineup with the acquisition of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation’s popular serial Couple in Trouble. The series is slated to launch April 15 at 8 p.m. It is based on the …

NEW YORK, April 9: Juniper Content Corporation announced today that its Hispanic kids’ channel, Sorpresa!, passed 713,000 subscribers at December 31, 2006, representing a 45-percent gain over its distribution at the end of 2005. "Sorpresa! realized a substantial increase in …