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NEW YORK, January 23: The entertainment website Usmagazine.com has partnered with Veoh Networks to create a branded channel on the Veoh website. Set to launch in February, the channel will be the exclusive “Celebrity Channel” on Veoh.com, and will be …

MADRID, January 23: Wire reports indicate that Telefónica is looking to accelerate the sale of its 75-percent Endemol stake, with The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation both being bandied about as possible bidders, and both companies denying any involvement …

STOCKHOLM, January 23: Magnus Ringmar will take up the position of managing director of MTV Mastiff, Zodiak Television’s Swedish subsidiary, this spring. Ringmar replaces Louise Juel, who recently became VP at Zodiak Television World in Copenhagen. He was previously head …

MUMBAI, January 23: Two longtime STAR India staffers, Peter Mukerjea and Sameer Nair, have announced that they are leaving the company. Mukerjea, the CEO of STAR Group India, will leave the company at the end of this month. Nair, the …

LOS ANGELES, January 23: Playboy Entertainment Group has hired Todd Schwartz as VP of programming for Playboy TV and promoted Michael Spierer to the position of VP of programming and acquisitions for adult networks. Both will report to Bryan Postlethwait, …

LONDON, January 23: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has separated its European business into two separate divisions, U.K. and EMEA, reporting directly to Dawn McCall, the president of DNI. Robin Paxton, the MD of Discovery Networks Europe, is exiting as part …

LONDON, January 23: Celador International, recently acquired by 2waytraffic, has closed new deals on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, including one that will take the game show to China for the first time. China Media Power will produce the …

NEW YORK, January 23: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, an official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is slated to air on HBO on February 22, exploring the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. Filmmaker Rory Kennedy (HBO’s Indian …

TORONTO, January 23: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has settled its October 2001 lawsuit against VH1, MTV and Viacom over the financing of the series Big Sound. Big Sound, a 22-episode half-hour comedy series, aired on Global for one season. It …

BURBANK, January 23: NBC launched a range of interactive digital applications for its breakout hit Heroes yesterday, with exclusive and original content made available on several platforms. The launch of a “TV 360” treatment for Heroes, sponsored in part by …