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TORONTO, June 5: Sullivan Entertainment has picked up the worldwide distribution rights for the new award-winning film Love is Work, which will be released theatrically in Canada this week. From filmmaker Johnny Kalangis, Love is Work stars Fabrizio Filippo (Billable …

NEW YORK, June 5: Bill Nelson has been named the chairman and CEO of Home Box Office. He was previously the company’s COO. HBO also announced a new senior leadership structure and has promoted three veteran HBO executives—Harold Akselrad, Eric …

HONG KONG, June 5: Daniel Shum has been appointed the VP of consumer strategy and research for Disney Channel Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, Shum will direct all brand and consumer research studies in the region and help define …

NEW YORK, June 5: In the first meeting between the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co., owner of The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, one of the main topics was News Corporation's relationship with the Chinese government, …

BURBANK, June 5: In another move to revamp NBC Universal’s TV entertainment operations, Katherine Pope has been appointed president of NBC Universal Television Studio. Pope replaces Angela Bromstad, who, according to The New York Times, is expected to be assigned …

LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY, June 5: Carlos Sandoval, the managing director of content acquisitions at Mexican media giant Televisa, offers World Screen Newsflash his view of the new shows presented at the L.A. Screenings. Sandoval was quite bullish about the shows …

NEW YORK, June 5: Mike Volpi, previously with Cisco Systems, has been appointed the new CEO of the Internet TV platform Joost, succeeding the company’s founding CEO Fredrik de Wahl, effective immediately. Wahl will remain at Joost as chief strategy …

MEXICO CITY, June 5: Mexico’s Televisa has expanded its influence in China by inking a deal with the Chinese government to make localized versions of its telenovelas and other programs such as the reality show Dancing for a Dream. Since …

MIAMI, June 5: In an effort to reduce clutter for its advertisers, Telemundo, the Spanish-language network serving the U.S. Hispanic market, will reformat its prime-time advertising breaks in order to introduce its new Power Pod, which makes the first commercial …

LONDON, June 5: Despite pleas from Prince William and Prince Harry not to broadcast pictures of the car crash that caused their mother’s death, Channel 4 will air Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel as planned on Wednesday night at …