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NEW YORK, January 2: As the Holiday Season comes to a close, we have decided to offer our readers a special treat with a selection of the best quotes from a wide variety of interviews we conducted during the last …

LONDON, January 2: British Sky Broadcasting says it is on track to reach its target of 25 percent Sky+ DVR penetration well in advance of the original 2010 deadline, after passing the 2 million mark this week. The number of …

ENGLEWOOD, January 2: Court TV was pulled from DISH Network yesterday after parent companies Turner Broadcasting System and EchoStar failed to agree on new carriage terms. “We were unable to reach an agreement with EchoStar and, as a result, we …

RIO DE JANEIRO/BUENOS AIRES, January 2: Globosat Programadora and Playboy TV Latin America have partnered to create Playboy do Brasil Entretenimento to boost the quality and local production of adult content in Brazil. The new brand, which will begin operations …

CENTENNIAL, January 2: AZN Television, the Comcast-owned cable network targeting Asian American viewers, has lined up a range of new series and movies for the first quarter of this year, including the Korean drama Jumong. The big-budget historical drama that …

NEW YORK, January 2: ImaginAsian TV (iaTV) is teaming with Geneon Entertainment, a division of Dentsu, for a new two-hour prime time anime block called Anime EnerG. The block will initially feature the Geneon titles Elemental Gelade, Kyoh Kara Maoh!, …

TORONTO, January 2: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has completed the acquisition of the independent film companies Castle Hill Productions and Dream LLC. The deal gives Peach Arch the rights to some 500 titles, as well as a U.S. distribution and …

ARLINGTON, January 2: Jason Seiken has been appointed as PBS' senior VP of interactive, reporting to chief content officer John Boland and based at the PBS headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Seiken will oversee PBS's new media content and services, including …

LONGWOOD, December 22: Robert E. Yde, a television syndication industry veteran, passed away earlier this week after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Yde and his wife, Cassie Yde, ran The Television Syndication Company, a Florida-based TV program …

LOS ANGELES, December 22: Twentieth Century Fox has opened up its archives and donated more than 200 rare documents, including signed contracts and internal memos, to be sold at auction to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). MPTF …