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NEW JERSEY, March 22: Alfred Haber, Inc. (AHI), has now cleared the 2007 49th Annual Grammy Awards in over 177 countries around the world, reaching a sales milestone. AHI has represented the Grammy Awards internationally for the past eighteen years. …

BOSTON, March 22: APT Worldwide has secured the international representation rights to selected current and upcoming titles from Oregon Public Broadcasting's (OPB) factual programming catalog, including The New Heroes, a series hosted by Robert Redford. The New Heroes is a …

MIAMI, March 22: As part of a realignment of its entertainment division under recently installed entertainment executive VP Carlos R. Bardasano, Telemundo has announced the appointments of several key senior executives. The realignment includes the appointment of experienced industry executives …

LOS ANGELES, March 22: Lifetime Television has named Julie Stern as its new VP of production, effective immediately. Stern joined Lifetime in May 2006 as the senior director of production. Based in Los Angeles, she will continue to be responsible …

NEW YORK, March 22: NBC Universal and News Corporation today announced plans to launch what they are calling the largest-ever Internet video distribution network, featuring hours of ad-supported full-length programming; distribution partners AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!; and a slate …

LOS ANGELES, March 22: Starz Entertainment has filed suit against Buena Vista Television alleging copyright infringement and breach of contract, citing Disney’s decision to distribute through online retailers the very same movies it licensed for broadcast to Starz. Starz maintains …

GUTERSLOH, March 22: Announcing its 2006 results, Bertelsmann has reported that revenues were up 7.9 percent to 19.3 billion euros, while net profit more than doubled to 2.4 billion euros. The company referred to 2006 as the most successful year …

BURBANK, March 22: ABC has given early 2007-08 pickups to 14 series, including three freshman shows: Brothers & Sisters, Men in Trees and Ugly Betty. Rounding out the renewals are the returning productions The Bachelor, Boston Legal, Dancing with the …

LONDON/MADRID, March 22: Liberty Global’s Chellomedia, through its Iberian TV business Multicanal, has taken control of Documanía, the factual channel operated by Sogecable. Multicanal will merge Documanía with its existing documentary channel Odisea. The agreement also includes the carriage of …

LONDON/ATHENS, March 22: Buena Vista International Television has closed its first video on demand deal in Greece, entering into a movie rental alliance with Vivodi Telecommunications for the recently launched cabletv triple-play package. The pact provides Vivodi with the Greek …