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TORONTO, October 17: Mary Powers, the VP of communications at CHUM Ltd., has been appointed as the senior VP of corporate communications at Bell Globemedia (BGM), it was announced today. BGM is currently awaiting regulatory approval for its acquisition of …

STOCKHOLM, October 17: Sweden’s Minister of Culture, Cecilia Stego Chilo, resigned yesterday after admitting that she had not paid the mandatory television license fee for 16 years. The move by Chilo follows the weekend resignation of trade minister Maria Borelius …

MUNICH, October 17: RTL Television will launch its three new digital channels in Germany on December 1: RTL Crime, RTL Living and the newly unveiled Passion, a joint venture with UFA Film und TV Produktion that will feature daily serials …

BURBANK, October 17: NBC’s version of the Endemol game show format 1 vs 100 delivered the network’s highest Friday 9 p.m. rating in the 18 to 49 set, excluding the Olympics, since December 2002. The show, hosted by Bob Saget, …

PALO ALTO, October 17: The online content company Instant Media has announced a deal to offer film and television content from Twentieth Century Fox through its broadband I'M player. The deal covers films such as X-Men The Last Stand, The …

MIAMI, October 17: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has launched a new division within its existing Digital Media Group to exploit its content on platforms that can be easily accessed by consumers, including DVDs, books and CDs. The first products slated …

RIO DE JANEIRO/MONACO, October 17: At SPORTELMonaco today, Globosat announced the launch of PFC Internacional, a Portuguese-language football channel that will begin its international rollout in the U.S. in January 2007. Targeting Brazilian soccer fans, the channel will first launch …

STOCKHOLM, October 17: Following deals this month to expand its reach to France and the Nordic territories, the North American Sports Network (NASN) has entered into an alliance with Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting to launch in Central and Eastern …

GUTTENBERG, October 16: The broadband destination The Horror Channel has entered into a deal that will bring an array of its programming to the IPTV platform Akimbo. The Akimbo service features more than 13,000 on-demand videos from 200 content providers …

HILVERSUM, October 16: Endemol International has secured a range of new deals in Southeast Asia, including its first format agreement in Singapore. MediaCorp in Singapore has signed up for 30 hour-long episodes of Deal Or No Deal. The hit game …