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NEW YORK, February 16: NBC Universal’s new president and CEO, Jeff Zucker, has announced expanded roles for three senior company executives: Beth Comstock, Jeff Gaspin and Marc Graboff. "With my new responsibilities, I am making some organizational adjustments to set …

TEL AVIV, February 16: Dori Media Group (DMG) has reached a deal to increase its stake in the Israeli telenovela production outfit Darset Productions to 50 percent from 25.17 percent for $550,000. The stake was acquired from Serendipity Content and …

LOS ANGELES, February 16: The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles has awarded Elvis Presley Enterprises, SOFA Entertainment, and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller $2.8 million in damages and attorneys fees to be paid by Passport International Productions (also …

BURBANK, February 16: On March 5, ABC begins production on a new hour-long weekly alternative series, The Next Big Thing: Who Is The Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?, with auditions kicking off in Los Angeles. The Next Big Thing, which was previously …

LOS ANGELES, February 16: FOX has picked up a fourth season of House and has renewed Bones for a third season. House, the top drama on FOX, centers on Dr. Greg House (two-time Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie), a brilliant …

LONDON, February 16: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed a first look development deal with former CNN music correspondent Serena Yang for the delivery of four new lifestyle titles: The Beauty Hunter; Truth, Love & Sex; Bionic Living and Paradise Found. …

TOKYO, February 16: Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), Japan’s largest MSO, will launch Jupiter TV’s women’s entertainment channel, LaLa TV, in high-definition on its J:COM TV Digital*1 basic channel package, starting from April 1. Current J:COM TV digital customers will have access …

NEW YORK, February 16: The N, Viacom’s nighttime network for teens, will launch Trendetta, its first online multi-player game, on February 19. Available at The-N.com, the game, named Trendetta, allows players to challenge up to three others for trend supremacy …

SANTA MONICA, February 16: Dennis K. Gillespie has been appointed as the senior VP of distribution for GSN. Based in GSN’s New York office, Gillespie, who previously served as the SVP of affiliate sales for Tower Distribution/Tribune Broadcasting, will report …

MILAN, February 16: Mediaset’s deputy chairman, Piersilvio Berlusconi, has said that the Italian media giant is interested in acquiring Endemol, “but the price remains a fundamental variable,” he told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. Berlusconi noted that the purchase of …