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LONDON, March 9: Nickelodeon U.K.’s David Lynn has been appointed as the executive VP and managing director of MTV Networks U.K. & Ireland, reporting to Bob Bakish, the president of MTV Networks International (MTVNI). In his new role, Lynn will …

LOS ANGELES, March 9: PorchLight Entertainment has appointed J. D. Beaufils to the post of VP of international sales, where he will oversee key European and Asian markets. In his new role, working with Adam Wright, the senior VP of …

NEW YORK, March 8: CBS Corporation has taken its first step towards setting up a film unit, naming former Paramount Pictures executive VP Bruce Tobey as COO of the CBS Feature Films division. In addition to being charged with establishing …

EL SEGUNDO, March 8: DIRECTV has promoted Derek Chang to executive VP of content strategy and development and Dan Hartman to senior VP of programming acquisition. In his new role, Chang will oversee all programming strategy, development and acquisitions for …

DALLAS, March 8: Mark Cuban’s Magnolia Pictures has asked a Texas federal court to issue a subpoena against Google as it seeks the identity of a user who uploaded illegal copies of some of the studio’s releases to Google Video …

LONDON, March 8: IMG Media’s Darlow Smithson has recently completed an internal restructure, with executive chairman John Smithson also assuming the role of chief creative director and Tom Brisley, formerly head of factual, promoted to creative director. In Smithson’s additional …

ALVISO, March 8: With revenues up 22 percent to $57.4 million in the fourth quarter, TiVo has narrowed its loss from $21.1 million a year ago to $18.7 million. Tom Rogers, the CEO of TiVo, commented: "Fiscal 2007 was marked …

BUENOS AIRES, March 8: NBC Universal’s SCI FI Channel will be available across Latin America beginning April 1, with carriage on DIRECTV Panamericana and Cablevision in Mexico. Aimed at viewers aged 18 to 49, the show will feature original series …

STUDIO CITY, March 8: Crown Media, which today announced a renewed agreement with EchoStar Communications Corporation for carriage of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, has reported a 2006 net loss of $389 million, versus last year’s $232.8 million loss, …

NEW YORK, March 8: Nickelodeon will add three new animated series to its 2008 schedule—The Umizumiz, Bubble Guppies and Making Fiends—and has unveiled iCarly, a new live-action comedy series that will incorporate user-generated content. Nickelodeon has green-lit 13 episodes of …