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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 …

CHICAGO, November 13: A number of companies are interested in buying the Tribune Company, including the Gannett Company, the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., and Maurice Greenberg, former chairman of insurer American International Group Inc. According to The Wall …

DENVER, November 13: Liberty Global has announced that Belgian Cable Investors, a company it controls, has exercised options to purchase 6.75 million shares in Telenet Group Holding, the largest cable operator in Belgium, for a total price of 135 million …

LONDON, November 13: Mobile giant Vodafone has announced it will now offer broadband services for £25 a month starting January 8, 2007, to its mobile phone customers. Called Vodafone at Home, the package includes line rental, unlimited broadband access, landline …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: The Walt Disney Company’s SoapNet has launched Fantasy Soap League, a Web-based fantasy site based on televised soaps that is designed to attract women 18 to 34. The game works similarly to fantasy football, where players, …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: FOX Broadcasting Company has pulled the drama Justice from its schedule. Justice, from Jerry Bruckheimer Television, which looked at the top legal minds in a boutique law firm in Los Angeles, failed to gain a significant …