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GENEVA, January 30: In Geneva, Switzerland, today, Bob Wright, the chairman and CEO of NBC Universal and the vice chairman of GE, addressed the Third Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization. Read …

UNTERFOEHRING, January 30: EM.Entertainment has expanded its distribution team with the appointments of Corinna Renkawitz and Nils Juhl to senior sales executive positions. The recent additions to EM.Entertainment’s distribution team are part of the company’s ongoing restructuring program. Renkawitz, as …

SHANGHAI, January 29: News Corporation is close to finalizing a deal for private equity firm IDG to became a joint venture partner in a localized version of the community website MySpace for the Chinese market. According to Reuters, News Corp. …

NASHVILLE/LOS ANGELES, January 29: Model Niki Taylor has filed a suit against E! Entertainment Television and E! Networks Productions alleging fraud, breach of contract and slander, among other charges, over an episode of the new series Blvd. of Broken Dreams. …

NEW YORK, January 29: News Corporation has become a strategic investor in the ROO Group, a provider of online video solutions. News Corp. will initially take up to 5 percent of ROO shares, with another 5 percent contingent upon News …

NEW YORK, January 29: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has put out a call for entries for the 35th International Emmy Awards, which will take place in New York City on November 19. Entries for the 11 …

NEW YORK, January 29: Nickelodeon will launch Nicktropolis tomorrow, a new kid-targeted multimedia website that offers gaming, video and social interaction. Nicktropolis, which will be available at www.nicktropolis.com or through www.nick.com, offers kids their own virtual community playground. Kids can …

ALVISO/CHICAGO, January 29: Media planning and buying company Starcom USA has become the first media agency to purchase a subscription to TiVo Stop||Watch, a second-by-second program and commercial ratings research service designed to better understand time-shifted viewing. TiVo's new Stop||Watch …

WASHINGTON, January 29: Smithsonian Networks, the joint venture of Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution, has unveiled the lineup for its VOD service that will be rolled out to operators this spring, with more than 60 titles on offer, including …

NEW YORK, January 29: LIME, majority owned by Steve Case’s Revolution Living, is phasing out its linear TV offering to focus on digital on-demand platforms, including its newly launched broadband channel, whose motto is “Healthy Living With a Twist.” "The …