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NEW YORK, January 26: Time Warner’s president and COO, Jeff Bewkes, has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors, as has Motorola’s chairman and CEO, Edward J. Zander. Bewkes elevation to the board further strengthens speculation that he is …

NEW YORK, January 26: Victor Jung, the former treasurer of NBC Universal, has been charged with stealing more than $800,000 from the company, according to wire reports. Jung, who allegedly used the stolen money to finance private jet flights, liquor …

MADRID, January 25: Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 has inked a three-year drama and entertainment production deal with local production outfit Globomedia. Globomedia will work exclusively for Antena 3 for the next three years, despite the fact that Globomedia’s parent company, …

LOS ANGELES, January 25: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has granted a subpoena, served to YouTube by Twentieth Century Fox, seeking the identity of a user who uploaded illegal copies of 24 and The Simpsons. …

BRUSSELS, January 25: The European Commission has ruled that subsidies issued by the Italian government for digital TV decoders in 2004 and 2005 violated European union rules and that broadcasters who benefited have to repay the funds. The Commission, however, …

PARIS, January 25: Some 900 programming, acquisitions, production and distribution executives from Central and Eastern Europe are expected at the 15th edition of the annual DISCOP content market, taking place from June 20 to June 22 at the Sofitel Atrium …

LONDON, January 25: Following its recent rebranding, the British men’s entertainment channel Bravo has unveiled a new lineup of programming centered around soccer. Bravo’s new commissions for this year include Real Football Factories International, a factual documentary series produced by …

BETHPAGE, January 25: iO Cablevision Systems Corp. has launched iO International, an array of international channels and VOD services bundled into nine distinct in-language packages across the company’s entire service area. The channels are presented in Spanish, Russian, Italian, Chinese, …

LOS ANGELES, January 25: Fox Reality is bringing back the series Solitary for a second season in August. The first season of Solitary debuted last June and featured participants that were pushed to their mental and physical limits with intense …

BOSTON, January 25: APT Worldwide has secured broadcast, DVD and VOD deals for the 3×1-hour high-definition docudrama series Ultimate Battles in Russia, the U.K., Scandinavia, Benelux and Greece. Central Partnership licensed the series for broadcast, DVD and VOD for Russia …