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LUXEMBOURG, March 15: Markus Tellenbach has stepped down from the board of directors at SBS Broadcasting, about 15 months since exiting the CEO position for “personal health reasons.” SBS has been led by Patrick Tillieux, COO and acting CEO, since …

LONDON, March 15: At an event in London today, the nominees were announced for the upcoming 47th edition of the Rose d’Or Festival, set for May 5 to 9 in Lucerne. This is the festival’s first year under its new …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, March 15: NBC Universal Digital Studios will produce an original broadband series for premiere on Break.com, an online entertainment channel for men, in the second quarter of this year. The working title of the ad-supported series is …

NEW YORK, March 14: According to TNS Media Intelligence, total advertising spending in the U.S. in 2006 grew by 4.1 percent to $149.6 billion, driven in part by strong gains in the Spanish-language television and Internet mediums. Television adspend was …

MUNICH, March 14: On September 1, Premiere will launch its new Premiere Sky satellite TV service, which will be led by former NBC Universal Global Networks Germany chief Wolfram Winter as managing director. Premiere Sky will bundle existing and new …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/EMERYVILLE, March 14: NBC Universal and MobiTV today announced a deal to make full-length prime-time on-demand programming available to wireless subscribers, including NBC’s Heroes and SCI FI’s Battlestar Galactica. Consumers will be able to access full episodes of select …

ATLANTA, March 14: A new legal drama from Steven Bochco and Ridley Scott’s limited series The Company, as well as a raft of other projects, headline TNT’s new original programming production and development slate. "Our strategy with original series is …

LONDON, March 14: Buena Vista International Television has closed a multi-year VOD movie rental deal with Germany’s T-Com, the online video on demand offering from Deutsche Telekom. Effective immediately, customers will be able to access Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead …

NEW YORK, March 14: NBC Universal’s Bravo channel has acquired TelevisionWithoutPity.com, a web destination for TV fans that includes episode recaps and chat forums for hit shows. The acquisition builds Bravo’s digital portfolio, which includes BravoTV.com and the TRIO suite …

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has reached a long-term agreement to distribute a selection of CJ Entertainment’s slate of Korean movies to broadcasters across Asia, outside of Japan, China and Korea, starting with the hit action movie A Dirty Carnival. …