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LONDON, January 22: Tiger Aspect Productions is ramping up its U.S. business with an office in New York that will be run by Charles Brand and Jamie Munro. Tiger Aspect Productions opened its first U.S. office in Washington D.C. in …

LONDON, January 22: James Murdoch is said to be planning to step down as the chief executive of BSkyB later this year to take up a post at News Corporation headquarters, wire reports indicate. The Mail on Sunday yesterday reported …

LONDON, January 22: MTV Networks International has announced a new leadership structure and focus for its London-based sales and client service unit Viacom Brand Solutions (VBS) Europe. The announcement was made today by VBS Europe’s recently appointed executive VP, Melisa …

NEW YORK, January 22: Announcing GE’s financial results for 2006, the company’s chairman and CEO, Jeff Immelt, noted the “turnaround” at NBC Universal, where revenues for the year were up 10 percent to $16.2 billion. While revenues were up for …

LONDON, January 22: Job van Wagensveld has been named executive director of sales at Endemol International and Annelies Noest has been promoted to director of sales. In his new role, van Wagensveld, previously the executive director of participation TV, will …

GÜTERSLOH, January 22: Bertelsmann has tapped Hartmut Ostrowski as its next chairman and CEO, succeeding Gunter Thielen effective January 1, 2008. Ostrowski has been a member of the Bertelsmann Executive Board since 2002, leading the Arvato division, which has 47,000 …

Citadel Looks to Take ION Private WEST PALM BEACH, January 19: The private equity firm Citadel Investment Group has made a bid to acquire ION Media Networks, valuing the company at about $1.4 billion. The proposal issued to ION today …

LONDON, January 19: LIVINGtv in the U.K. has picked up the basic cable rights to the first season of Bravo’s hit culinary talent search Top Chef from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. Top Chef is scheduled to air on the …

MIAMI, January 19: MTV Networks Latin America has licensed the U.S. edition of the Endemol format Exposed, as well as the rights to develop its own version of the dating show. Exposed uses Layered Voice Analysis (LVA) to let its …

PARIS, January 19: Marathon International has licensed the kids’ series Team Galaxy to RTL2 in Germany for launch this fall. The German broadcaster has picked up 52 episodes of the show to launch this September. GMTV in the U.K., La …