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Super Bowl Records 93.15 Million Viewers BURBANK, February 6: The Super Bowl on CBS on Sunday averaged 93.15 million viewers, making it the second most-watched Super Bowl ever and helping Criminal Minds, broadcast immediately after the event, to a series …

BURBANK, February 6: The Walt Disney Company has merged the advertising sales and promotions teams for its kids- and family-focused television, online, radio and publishing businesses under the Disney Media Advertising Sales and Marketing Group, led by Tricia Wilber as …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will deliver a keynote speech at this year’s Promax/BDA conference, taking place in New York City from June 12 to 14. In announcing the news today, Michael Benson, Promax/BDA’s chairman and …

BURBANK, February 6: Samantha Ryan has been named senior VP of development and production for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). In her new post, Ryan will have general oversight of WBIE’s development and production teams and will be responsible for …

AMSTERDAM, February 6: Cable revenues in Europe rose 12 percent to 18.8 billion euros in 2006, according to a report presented today at Cable Europe, the European Cable Communications Association’s annual conference. According to the research, European cable revenues doubled …

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6: National Geographic Channels International has promoted Rafael Sandor to senior VP of creative and marketing and has hired Stephen Hunter as senior executive producer and Jennifer Williams as director of digital media. Sandor will supervise the …

BRISBANE/BENTONVILLE, February 6: Wal-Mart Stores has unveiled the beta version of its new video download service, offering up movie and TV titles from Disney, Lionsgate, MTV Networks and a slate of other providers. Available at www.walmart.com/videodownloads, the beta service is …

NEW YORK, February 6: VOOM HD Networks’ Gallery HD, a high-definition channel in the U.S. devoted to the visual arts, is launching a Sunday afternoon programming block, Opera and an Omelet, featuring well-known operas from around the world. The block …

LONDON, February 6: Setanta Sports will launch on the British DTT platform Freeview on March 1 with a £10.99 a month subscription fee. Last October, Setanta announced a deal with Top Up TV to join the Freeview line-up, where it …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: DIC Entertainment has named Mattel as its master toy partner for the upcoming merchandise launch of the tween entertainment brand SPG: The Slumber Party Girls. Last year, DIC formed a partnership with Geffen Records to jointly …