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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 15: Channel 4 plans to launch its video-on-demand media player service called 4oD on December 6. 4oD will allow users to view Channel 4 programs online for up to 30 days after their first transmission. According to Channel …

DOHA, November 15: Al Jazeera English, the English-language news and current affairs channel based in the Middle East, launched today in more than 80 million cable and satellite homes across the globe. The channel, with anchor teams in broadcast centers …

NEW YORK, November 15: Top U.S. food manufacturers and advertisers have proposed guidelines to control the promotion of junk food to children through a voluntary tightening of standards and new requirements on advertising to kids on television and in video …

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 & …

BRUSSELS, November 14: Countries of the European Union have begun an initiative to keep television advertising at current levels and to ban product placement from news and children’s programs. According to the AP, the proposed regulation calls for ads on …

LONDON, November 14: Discovery Networks Europe and Arts Alliance Media, Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, have signed an agreement to offer video-on-demand content from Discovery Networks to consumers for download rental. Starting today, more 45 titles from …

BURBANK, November 14: Warner Bros. Advanced Digital Services is launching Saturday Morning Forever as part Hanna-Barbera.com, offering two hours of cartoons per week made up of 80 percent classic Hanna-Barbara shorts and 20 percent original content. The site is targeted …

LOS ANGELES, November 14: Buena Vista Television has secured 14 of the 15 top markets in the U.S. for the off-network syndication of Grey’s Anatomy. The hit ABC series will launch in the fall of 2009 and the stations that …