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LONDON, August 8: After weeks of speculation, ITV’s chief executive, Charles Allen, has announced that he will step down on October 1, with finance director John Cresswell tapped as interim CEO until a permanent successor has been chosen. Allen has …

MOUNTAIN VIEW/LOS ANGELES, August 8: Google will be the exclusive search and keyword-targeted advertising sales provider for Fox Interactive Media’s network of web properties, including MySpace, as part of a multiyear agreement that will see Google making a guaranteed revenue …

LONDON, August 8: Production has begun on Five Days, a five-part crime thriller that the BBC is co-producing with HBO. Slated to air on BBC One, the limited series, penned by Gwyneth Hughes, tracks five days following the abduction of …

NEW DELHI, August 8: Tata Sky, the long-awaited DTH platform owned by the Indian conglomerate TATA and News Corporation’s Asian arm STAR, launched today in 300 cities across India. The venture, 80 percent owned by TATA and 20 percent by …

CHICAGO, August 8: Playboy Enterprises has reported a second quarter loss of $3.3 million, versus last year’s profit of $4.6 million, on revenues that were down $2.3 million to $80.5 million. At the entertainment segment, revenues were down 3 percent …

NEW YORK, August 8: Lifetime Television’s upcoming fall slate includes the original movie The Mermaid Chair with Kim Basinger, the new reality series Off the Leash and the FremantleMedia North America novela Bianca. The Mermaid Chair, adapted from the bestseller …

VANCOUVER/LOS ANGELES, August 8: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the rights to produce an animated version of The Nutty Professor that will be distributed direct-to-video in the U.S. by Genius Products and animated by Mainframe Entertainment. Jerry Lewis, who …

NEW YORK, August 8: Fox Soccer Channel kicks off its coverage of the Barclays English Premier League on August 19, with plans to televise more than 150 matches through May 2007. The coverage includes a weekly match-up at 11:00 a.m. …

NEW YORK, August 8: NBC Universal’s Bravo network is launching a service on Amp’d Mobile, delivering to mobile users content from some of its key shows. The rollout of Bravo to Go marks the first mobile TV deal for an …

MIAMI, August 8: Todobebe has shored up deals in Spain, Colombia and Mexico for its Spanish-language Todobebe TV show about pregnancy and parenting that airs on Telemundo in the U.S. In Colombia, Caracol will launch Todobebe TV this summer. The …