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LONDON, January 29: Entertainment Rights has appointed a new team to manage its Postman Pat, Guess with Jess and Basil Brush properties, with Mary Wemyss as senior brand manager and Emma Duncan as brand manager. Wemyss previously oversaw just the …

LOS ANGELES, January 29: LATV has announced the appointment of Howard Bolter as president and COO, as the bilingual music and entertainment network gears up for a nationwide rollout. LATV recently announced an affiliation agreement with Post-Newsweek stations in Houston …

DAVOS, January 29: Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Microsoft’s chairman, Bill Gates, said that the Internet will revolutionize the television medium within the next five years, thanks to online video content and the convergence of the …

ROCHESTER, January 29: According to Harris Interactive, about 32 percent of frequent YouTube users are watching less TV as a result of the time they spend online. Of the frequent YouTube users, 66 percent claim they are sacrificing other activities …

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 …

ALVISO/NEW YORK, January 26: TiVo has partnered with CBS for the launch of a special two-week Super Bowl campaign that also includes a sneak peek at the new comedy Rules of Engagement. Throughout the campaign, which will air through February …

MIAMI, January 26: Discovery en Español achieved the highest prime-time ratings growth of any publicly reported Hispanic broadcast or pay-TV network over the past year, according to the Nielsen Hispanic Index. In 2006, the ratings growth was highest among men …