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LONDON, November 14: Mercury Media and Aggregator Limited have appointed Ben Ross as head of acquisitions for their new co-venture broadband documentary channel joiningthedots.tv. joiningthedots.tv will offer a wide range of factual programming, including current affairs, history, observational, polemic, arts, …

LOS ANGELES, November 14: Kat Garcia has joined Davis Public Relations (DPR) as VP of publicity and will help manage the company’s trade and consumer clientele by developing, executing and pitching publicity campaigns to domestic and international media outlets. Garcia …

FORT WORTH, November 13: FUNimation Entertainment has digitally remastered in high definition and restored all 291 episodes of the Dragon Ball Z anime series and will start making it available via retailers on February 6, 2007, for a suggested price …

LONDON, November 13: Gerhard Zeiler, the CEO of the RTL Group has denied rumors that his company is considering a bid for the U.K. broadcaster ITV. Speaking at the European Media Leaders Summit in London today, Zeiler said he was …

CHICAGO, November 13: A number of companies are interested in buying the Tribune Company, including the Gannett Company, the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., and Maurice Greenberg, former chairman of insurer American International Group Inc. According to The Wall …

DENVER, November 13: Liberty Global has announced that Belgian Cable Investors, a company it controls, has exercised options to purchase 6.75 million shares in Telenet Group Holding, the largest cable operator in Belgium, for a total price of 135 million …

LONDON, November 13: Mobile giant Vodafone has announced it will now offer broadband services for £25 a month starting January 8, 2007, to its mobile phone customers. Called Vodafone at Home, the package includes line rental, unlimited broadband access, landline …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: The Walt Disney Company’s SoapNet has launched Fantasy Soap League, a Web-based fantasy site based on televised soaps that is designed to attract women 18 to 34. The game works similarly to fantasy football, where players, …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: FOX Broadcasting Company has pulled the drama Justice from its schedule. Justice, from Jerry Bruckheimer Television, which looked at the top legal minds in a boutique law firm in Los Angeles, failed to gain a significant …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: The ABC Network has picked up a real-time medical-comedy project from the creators of 24. The project, whose name is The Call, focuses on two paramedics who are best friends and go about saving people’s lives …