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BOSTON, February 1: Thomas Menino, the Mayor of Boston, has said that the city is prepared to take legal action against Turner Broadcasting System over the Cartoon Network marketing ploy that was mistaken for a bomb threat yesterday. The city …

NEW YORK, February 1: CBS Corporation has elected Leonard Goldberg, whose long TV and film career included a stint as president of 20th Century Fox, to serve on its Board of Directors. Goldberg began his career at ABC in its …

PHILADELPHIA, February 1: Comcast Corporation’s chairman and CEO, Brian Roberts, says 2006 was the company’s “best year ever,” with fourth quarter profits tripling to $390 million and year-end profit more than doubling from $928 million to $2.5 billion. "Powered by …

LONDON, February 1: Diana Howie has been promoted to the role of acting head of commissioning at UKTV, following Jo Clinton-Davis’s decision to join ITV. Howie will be responsible for the company’s commissioning strategy and leading the team charged with …

PARIS, February 1: The M6 Group has reported a 15.5 percent increase in fourth quarter revenues and an 18.8 percent gain in full-year revenues. For the quarter, revenues were 360.5 million euros, with M6 channel advertising up 4.2 percent to …

UNIVERSAL CITY, February 1: NBC Universal Television Studio has promoted Lauren Stein to VP of drama programming. Stein is currently a development executive for the drama pilots Life and Lipstick Jungle and also oversees current series such as Las Vegas …

BURBANK, February 1: NBC.com has released new research on its NBC Rewind streaming video player, noting that its users are younger and more educated and feature a higher proportion of males than average TV audiences. The research found that 78 …

LONDON, February 1: Cellcast has announced the appointment of Steve Lazarus as commercial director of its user-generated content channel Sumo.TV. In his role, Lazarus will be responsible for developing strategic relationships with broadcasters, film and television production companies, mobile operators …

TORONTO, February 1: The Canadian version of the hit Bravo fashion series Project Runway will premiere on the recently rebranded Slice channel this fall, via a deal between FremantleMedia Enterprises, Alliance Atlantis and Insight Production. Project Runway Canada will find …

LOS ANGELES, February 1: Les Eisner has been named executive VP of The Lippin Group, an international entertainment marketing and public relations firm. Based in the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, Eisner will be responsible for overseeing corporate communications and public …