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SAN FRANCISCO, January 9: Apple announced today that 50 million television episodes have been bought from the iTunes Store, along with 1.3 million movies and more than 2 billion songs. "iTunes has crossed another major milestone by selling over two …

NEW YORK, January 9: Henry Ahn has been promoted to executive VP at NBC Universal Television Networks Distribution, reporting to Bridget Baker, the division’s president. Ahn will be responsible for all sales and sales support for NBCU’s television content to …

NEW YORK, January 9: Total U.S. advertising spending will rise just 2.6 percent to $153.7 billion this year, according to TNS Media Intelligence, with the biggest gains coming from the online market, syndicated TV and Spanish-language media. The 2.6-percent gain …

SÃO PAULO, January 9: YouTube’s troubles in Brazil continue, with two Internet service providers in the country blocking access to the file-sharing site after a local court ordered its closure in response to a scandalous video involving supermodel Daniela Cicarelli. …

STOCKHOLM, January 9: Modern Times Group’s MTG New Media division has reached a deal to acquire 90 percent of Playahead, an online social networking community, for SEK 102 million ($14.5 million). Playahead is Sweden’s second-largest Internet community, with more than …

LOS ANGELES, January 9: Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the Scooby-Doo character, has died from heart failure at the age of 81. Over the course of six decades, Takamoto assisted in the designs of numerous animated features and television …

LAS VEGAS, January 9: The Blu-ray Disc Association has declared victory in the high-definition DVD format war over the HD DVD standard, based on studio support and shipment of Blu-ray-equipped Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) units. Since June 2006, more than …

BURBANK/DULLES, January 9: The In2TV.com broadband platform has expanded its offerings with two new channels: one featuring Looney Tunes content, the other showcasing musical performances from hit Warner Bros. films. The Looney Tunes Channel offers 100 animated shorts from 1936 …

BERLIN/LONDON, January 9: Nickelodeon is teaming with Movie Park Germany for a 15,000-square-meter interactive adventure zone called NICKLAND that is scheduled to open in April 2007. NICKLAND at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop-Kirchelle will be the first NICK-themed adventure site …

NEW YORK, January 9: The documentary Darkon premieres today on AOL’s documentary site True Stories ahead of its U.S. theatrical release by PorchLight Entertainment later this month. During January, Darkon will be available online to stream free, as well as …