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NEW YORK, August 2: Confirming speculation, Time Warner today announced that its AOL service will offer its software, e-mail and other services for free to broadband users, as it works to bolster its online advertising business. "For the first time …

SANTA MONICA, August 2: Lionsgate has elected to delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange as a result of low trading volume. The delisting, effective July 31, 2006, allows the studio to avoid the costs associated with multiple exchange listings. Lionsgate …

ATLANTA, August 2: TBS viewers will be able to win cash by text-messaging, calling in or logging onto the Internet with the new late-night live game show Midnight Money Madness from Endemol. A creation of the format giant’s Digital Media …

SINGAPORE, August 2: The Media Development Authority of Singapore is calling for proposals for online content as part of its Synthesis funding scheme that provides financing for Web-based productions. Launched in August of last year, Synthesis will provide funding of …

LONDON, August 2: John de Mol’s Talpa Beheer investment vehicle has acquired a 3.1-percent stake in the British outfit Shed Productions, the company behind Footballers’ Wives. According to reports, de Mol, who also owns stakes in RDF Media and Tinopolis …

BURBANK, August 1: The Radio Disney Network will become part of the Disney-ABC Television Group and will be managed by Rich Ross, the president of Disney Channel Worldwide. Jean-Paul Colaco, previously president and GM of Radio Disney, is taking on …

HAMILTON, August 1: Central European Media Enterprises has extended CEO Michael Garin’s contract for a further two years, to January 31, 2010. Ronald Lauder, the chairman of CME, noted, “Michael and his management team have delivered record results over last …

RIO DE JANEIRO, August 1: Globo TV International has named Raphael Correa Netto as its new sales director following Helena Bernardi’s decision to step down as director of marketing and sales at the company. Netto, reporting directly to Globo TV …

MIAMI, August 1: Sony Pictures Television International has promoted Klaudia Bermudez-Key to senior VP and general manager of advertising sales for Latin America. Based in Miami, Bermudez-Key reports to both Andy Kaplan, SPTI’s president of international networks, and T.C. Schultz, …

LONDON, August 1: BBC Worldwide has named Christian Brent to fill the newly created role of VP of audiences. Brent will identify and interpret local demands and make recommendations on strategic and creative decisions through market, and pre-market-entry, research and …