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PORTLAND, December 5: The PLATFORM International Animation Festival will take place for the first time from June 25 to 30 in Portland, Oregon, with sole sponsorship by Cartoon Network. The Festival program will feature premieres and retrospectives, exclusive screenings, guest …

SANTA MONICA/NEW YORK, December 5: FOX News has reached a deal to provide video content on Yahoo! Finance, teaming with the portal for a co-branded video initiative, FOX Business Now. The initiative includes nine two-minute market reports each weekday between …

BURBANK, December 4: The CW, home to America’s Next Top Model, will this month air two specials featuring clips from the first two seasons of the British edition of the show. Next Top Model: British Invasion airs Wednesday, December 13 …

LONDON, December 4: The Netherlands is the first international market to come on board for the BBC Worldwide format How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, with AVRO set to launch the show next year. The Dutch version will …

LUXEMBOURG, December 4: SBS Broadcasting has appointed Bart Becks as its senior VP of new media, beginning January 1. In the newly created position, Becks will be responsible for the overall development and coordination of digital media services and revenue …

BEIJING, December 4: Satellite TV subscribers in China will top 15 million by 2010, according to a new report by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the research firm GL Research. The 2006-2007 Report on China's …

LOS ANGELES, December 4: The Walt Disney Company is to cut about 160 out of 800 jobs at its California animation unit, according to published reports. The move is the latest change to come at Disney’s animation unit since the …

LONDON, December 4: BT today commercially launched its new television and entertainment service, BT Vision, powered by Microsoft TV Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Edition software and an advanced Philips set-top box. The digital service is being delivered to BT Total …

NEW YORK, December 4: Dali Mpofu, the CEO of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), has taken over chairmanship of the Global Media AIDS Initiative (GMAI) Leadership Committee from Bill Roedy, the president of MTV Networks International. Roedy has been …

SANTA MONICA/NEW YORK, December 4: Yahoo! News has begun offering video content from BBC News on its website, with about 30 clips available per day covering top stories, breaking news, U.S. and world news, sports, business, politics, technology, health and …