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NEW YORK, March 26: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will be presented with the 2007 International Emmy Founders Award at the 35th International Emmy Awards Gala on November 19 in New York City. This award, announced by Academy president …

MIAMI/BUENOS AIRES, March 26: Claxson Interactive Group has formed a special committee of independent directors to evaluate a proposal to take the company private. With the support of the company’s controlling shareholders, the Cisneros Group, Hicks Muse, Roberto Vivo and …

LONDON, March 26: Warner Bros. Entertainment has reached an agreement with BT, a provider of communications solutions and services, to make a number of its films and TV shows available for online download and purchase via the new BT Vision …

NEW YORK, March 26: In an effort to cater to the growing Baby Boomer population in the U.S., MTV Networks’ TV Land has unveiled a number of on- and off-air activities that include an ambitious slate of upcoming original and …

NEW YORK, March 26: iFILM and spiketv.com, both divisions of MTV Networks, have integrated under the Spike brand in an effort to create a leading web platform and strengthen their reach for males aged 18-34. As part of the integration, …

HONG KONG, March 26: Following the resignation of Steve Askew for “personal reasons,” STAR has appointed Laureen Ong of the National Geographic Channel as its new COO, effective in June. Ong joins STAR from the National Geographic Channel where she …

WASHINGTON, March 26: Following NGC founding president Laureen Ong’s appointment as COO of STAR, David Haslingden has been named CEO of National Geographic Channel U.S. (NGC) and Steve Schiffman has been promoted to acting general manager. Haslingden, currently the CEO …

UNIVERSAL CITY/SINGAPORE, March 23: In a new multiple-year agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, ANYTIME has secured the subscription VOD rights and the Internet distribution rights in multiple territories across Asia Pacific to NBC Universal feature films, in addition …

BETHPAGE, March 23: Cablevision Systems Corp. has added Discovery HD Theater and National Geographic HD to its growing list of high-definition channels available to digital cable customers across the company's entire service area, at no additional cost. With the addition …

NEW YORK, March 23: SCI FI Channel will premiere the U.S. version of the Derren Brown Project, inspired by the hit British entertainment series, this July. The still-untitled series, consisting of six one-hour episodes, will be executive produced by Andrew …