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LOS ANGELES, February 5: The 24-hour French-language channel TV5Monde USA has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to air a live broadcast of the 32nd Annual César Awards on February 24. The Oscar-nominated film Days of Glory (Indigènes), leads with nine …

NEW YORK, February 5: At a meeting tomorrow, the board of directors at NBC Universal is expected to appoint Jeff Zucker as the company’s new CEO, succeeding Bob Wright. Wright, now 63, has run NBC for almost two decades. Zucker, …

LONDON, February 5: Sky News has appointed National Geographic Channel Europe as its third-party distribution agent for Central and Eastern Europe, effective immediately. The partnership comes three years after NGC Europe was appointed Sky News’ exclusive international advertising sales partner. …

NEW YORK, February 5: EchoStar Communications Corp. and Home Box Office today announced they had settled a dispute over license fees, as part of a broader agreement for carriage of the HBO and Cinemax channels on DISH Network. As part …

NEW YORK, February 5: Rainbow Media today announced several deals concluded by Brighton-based independent distributor Electric Sky on IFC’s 2007 Independent Spirit Awards, which take place February 24. Broadcasters on board include NonStop Television’s entertainment channel Star! (available in Sweden, …

NEW YORK, February 5: News Corporation’s chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, has given $100 million in company shares to each of his six children, the FT reported today. Murdoch has one daughter, Prudence, by his first wife; three—Lachlan, James, and …

HONG KONG, February 5: Hong Kong-based Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has agreed to distribute California-based Trinity Broadcasting Network’s (TBN) group of religious channels throughout the Asia-Pacific region via the Southern Ku-band beam of the ABS-1 satellite. TBN’s group of channels …

PALERMO, February 5: Italian soccer, including Serie A games and this week’s scheduled friendly against Romania, has been indefinitely suspended following the death of a policeman Friday after a riot broke out at the Catania vs. Palermo match. According to …

NEW YORK, February 5: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has tapped John Burman, the former international general manager at The Hollywood Reporter, as its new director of development. Based at the International Academy’s New York headquarters, Burman …

HBO Asia Launches On Demand Service HONG KONG, February 5: HBO Asia has launched HBO On Demand, a new subscription video on demand (SVOD) service offered exclusively to HBO/MAX Pak Premium subscribers on broadband platform now TV in Hong Kong. …