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LONDON, November 15: TV-Loonland has appointed Kirsty Guthrie as the U.K. sales and licensing consultant for its new pre-school brand Little Princess, produced by The Illuminated Film Company. "I'm delighted to have been appointed by Loonland to develop the licensing …

PEMBROKE, November 15: Satellite services provider Intelsat reported revenue of $528.5 million and a net loss of $172.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The results incorporate the impact of the July 3, 2006, acquisition of PanAmSat Holding …

LONDON, November 15: baby TV, the 24-hour service for children under three and their parents, has launched in the Netherlands on Essent Kabelcom, which reaches over 1.8 million cable subscribers. With this latest carriage deal, Baby TV is now available …

LONDON, November 15: Living TV in the U.K. has licensed the paranormal series John Edward: Cross Country from iD Distribution and plans to air the series in 2007. Jeco Productions produced this series for Rainbow Media’s WE tv in the …

PHNOM PENH, November 15: BBC World Service programs in English are available in Cambodia through the newly re-launched FM station, BBC 100 FM. BBC 100 FM broadcasts a range of programs from health and sport to business and music, including …

LOS ANGELES, November 15: Jamie McCabe has been promoted to the newly created position of executive VP of worldwide pay-per-view, video-on-demand and electronic sell-through for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. In his new position, McCabe will be responsible for all …

LONDON, November 14: Mercury Media and Aggregator Limited have appointed Ben Ross as head of acquisitions for their new co-venture broadband documentary channel joiningthedots.tv. joiningthedots.tv will offer a wide range of factual programming, including current affairs, history, observational, polemic, arts, …

LOS ANGELES, November 14: Kat Garcia has joined Davis Public Relations (DPR) as VP of publicity and will help manage the company’s trade and consumer clientele by developing, executing and pitching publicity campaigns to domestic and international media outlets. Garcia …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, November 14: Google Inc. has closed its $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube, the popular online video-sharing site. “We are excited to have closed the acquisition in order to begin collaborating to offer the best in quality and depth …

LOS ANGELES, November 14: The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) presented highlights of the 2007 NATPE Conference & Exhibition that will be held January 15-18 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The 2007 NATPE Conference & …