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Updated February 22nd, 2008

Welcome to our section dedicated to News and Events of the Industry. Here you will find the headlines and events that are driving this exciting industry. You will be able to view daily compilations of the most salient news items from the leading Entertainment Industry media outlets. We also invite you to send in your views and tips on events you are aware of. Send your contributions to news@ipexview.com or events@ipexview.com .

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Variety.com - TV News

TV News: Goal is to generate more competition in market -- Mexico's President Felipe Calderon issued a decree Thursday that will accelerate the nation's terrestrial analog-to-digital switchover by six years to 2015.

TV News: Company holds townhall meeting, gives time off -- Discovery Communications execs held a townhall meeting with staffers on Thursday, one day after a lone gunman took three employees hostage at the company's headquarters.

TV News: ABC orders six episodes of Emmy-winning series -- Brit chef Jamie Oliver taught students in West Virginia about healthy eating; now he's about to do the same in Los Angeles.

TV News: Fallon's Emmy opener finally gets OK to post online -- Baby, Jimmy Fallon's Emmy open was "Born to Run" on his "Late Night" website.

TV News: Mammoth carriage accord includes digital rights, services -- Disney and Time Warner Cable have inked a mammoth carriage deal that covers the Mouse House's cablers, four ABC O&Os and gives Time Warner Cable expanded digital and video-on-demand rights to Mouse House programming.

TV News: Council determines how to deal with bids -- Colombia's long-awaited third channel remains in limbo as the country's state council determines how to deal with demands for more competitive bids.

TV News: On a very competitive Wednesday where all big four networks were separated by only .3 in the 18-49 adults demo, CBS and Fox were tied while NBC had the most-watched show of the night.

TV News: Programming remains on air Thursday -- Walt Disney's programming remained on the air over Time Warner Cable systems Thursday morning as both companies continued to negotiate a carriage deal well past the midnight deadline.

TV News: 10-20 hours of programming to be available -- Franco-German net Arte has inked a deal with YouTube to stream content from its catch-up channel Arte +7.

TV News: Duo to stream Chinese content to U.S. users -- Asian toon streaming site operator Crunchyroll has announced a partnership with Tai Seng Ent., which distribs Chinese-language TV shows and pics in the U.S., to directly stream new live-action Chinese content to U.S. users.

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