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LUCERNE, May 2: The Rose d’Or Festival has announced the lineup of 19 jury members for the 47th edition of the festival, which will take place in Lucerne in Switzerland from May 5 to 9. The 19 jury members will …

LONDON, May 2: BBC Vision, the British public broadcaster’s multiplatform commissioning and content group, has named Nick Betts, previously with NBC Universal, as its head of commercial and business development. Reporting to Bal Samra, the director of BBC Vision operation …

NEW YORK, May 2: Time Warner’s profit for the first quarter of this year slipped 18 percent to $1.2 billion, despite a 9-percent gain in revenues to $11.2 billion. At AOL, revenues fell 25 percent to $1.5 billion, due to …

NEW YORK, May 2: News Corporation, which is gearing up to launch its FOX Business Channel in the fourth quarter of this year, has confirmed that it has made a $5-billion offer to acquire the business and financial news provider …

LONDON, May 2: BSkyB is hailing the success of its triple-play “See, Speak, Surf” initiative for the nine months that ended March 31, 2007, with net customer growth of 51,000, a 28-percent gain on the year-ago period, bringing the platform’s …

NEW YORK, May 2: The Dolan family has reached an agreement to take Cablevision Systems Corporation private for $36.26 per share. The price of $36.26 per share represents a 34 percent premium on the Dolan Family Group's initial $27.00 per …

NEUILLY SUR SEINE, May 2: French broadcaster M6 has posted first quarter revenues of 338.6 million euros, a 9.7-percent increase on the same period a year ago. M6 posted advertising revenues of 165.9 million euros, up 8.7 percent, while revenues …

NEW YORK, May 1: The Internet TV platform Joost announced its commercial launch today, along with new content deals with Turner Broadcasting System and Sony Pictures Television, among others. With today’s commercial launch, campaigns from 32 advertising partners will begin …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, May 1: Viacom’s copyright infringement suit against Google “threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information,” the Internet company is arguing in a U.S. federal court ruling. In March, Viacom filed suit seeking more than …

CULVER CITY, May 1: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has promoted Deborah Schindler to jointly run its newly created International Motion Picture Production department as president, along with Gareth Wigan, currently the vice-chairman of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. Michael Lynton, …