FOSTER CITY, March 9: Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has secured agreements with 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution to offer HD movies for purchase and rental on the PlayStation Network video delivery service in the U.S.

PARIS, March 8: Jonathan Miller, the chief digital officer and chairman and CEO of the digital media group at News Corporation, will deliver a MIP Digital keynote on April 13.

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 8: Philip Bourchier O’Ferrall has been upped to senior VP of digital media for MTV Networks International.

NEW YORK, March 4: Jeff Gomez and Nathan Mayfield will be hosting a session at the MIPTV Producers' Forum—a two-day initiative organized in association with World Screen—about developing stories and concepts across multiple platforms.

PARIS, March 4: Elisabeth Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of the Shine Group, and Joanna Shields, the former CEO of Bebo and president of AOL's social media and communications businesses, will deliver a joint MIP Digital Keynote on the Tuesday of MIPTV.

LONDON, March 4: Sony Pictures Television has struck a deal to launch Sony Entertainment Television (SET) on BT Vision's digital on-demand TV service in the U.K.

PARIS/NEW YORK, March 1: There are 13 nominees across three categories for this year's International Digital Emmy Awards, which will be presented at a special ceremony on April 12 at MIPTV.

NEW YORK, February 26: Showtime Networks is launching the first nationwide HD interactive TV application (iTV) with Showtime Sports Interactive, which Verizon FiOS TV customers will have access to first.

SINGAPORE, February 26: MediaCorp has appointed Philip Koh as managing director for its interactive media division, effective April 1.

MILAN, February 25: Three executives from Google have been convicted by a Milan court on privacy invasion charges stemming from a controversial video uploaded to YouTube.

LONDON, February 25: Brightcove has been selected by Virgin Media to support short-form video content across Virginmedia.com.

LONDON, February 25: CBS Interactive's TV.com has clinched a deal to make long-form content from British broadcaster Five, such as Neighbours and Home and Away, available on its online entertainment destination in the U.K.

ZURICH, February 25: Dori Media International has secured a carriage deal for its video-gaming channel Ginx on TTNET's newly launched Internet TV service in Turkey.

LONDON, February 25: ITN Productions has landed a commission from Virgin Media Television to produce online and on-air celebrity news for its Internet channel Liv and pay-TV outlet LIVING.

BETHPAGE, February 24: Cablevision Systems Corp. is developing a new service, PC to TV Media Relay, which will allow digital cable customers to transfer content from their PCs to the television set without any additional equipment.

NEW YORK, February 24: Production is under way on a new half-hour entertainment magazine-style program, in the Qube, which is the first original series created specifically for Sony Pictures Television's worldwide ANIMAX channel.

BENTONVILLE, February 23: Retail giant Walmart is acquiring VUDU, which delivers movies and TV shows to the television set over a broadband connection without a monthly subscription fee.

BURBANK, February 23: Bolstering its interactive entertainment portfolio, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group is taking a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios, which develops video games for teens and adults.

NEW YORK, February 23: 4Kids Entertainment has been appointed worldwide merchandising and licensing agent and brand manager for the Israel-based technology company Castle Builders, creators of the Computerized Storybook.

NEW YORK, February 22: Univision Interactive Media is launching a new online and mobile channel for novelas and series on Univision.com, which will feature original programming as well as third-party content from Azteca America, RCN Television and Dori Media Group.

HARRINGTON PARK, February 22: Janson Media has partnered with Google to make titles from its DVD library available through YouTube Rentals.

DENVER, February 18: Thought Equity Motion has been appointed as the exclusive licensing provider for raw footage from The New York Times video library, which producers, filmmakers and educators can now leverage in their own productions.

NEW YORK, February 17: Subscribers of the Verizon FiOS TV service will be the first to gain access to HBOGO.com, an online destination delivering more than 600 hours of programming from the premium channel.

LONDON, February 17: The online video platform Brightcove has entered into a deal with Turner Broadcasting to support its content in the U.K., Spain, France, Italy, Germany and other European countries.

TORONTO, February 17: Hot Docs has unveiled a new Doc Library that features hundreds of Canadian films and videos available for free viewing at hotdocslibrary.ca.

LONDON, February 16: RDF Rights has been appointed by United Agents as the U.K. licensing agent for the online property Simon's Cat.

SAN DIEGO, February 12: The video-sharing website Veoh Networks is closing its operations and liquidating under bankruptcy protection.

LOS ANGELES, February 11: Less than a year after taking on the role of CEO of MySpace, Owen Van Natta is stepping down, to be succeeded by newly promoted co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn.

LONDON, February 11: In Europe and the U.S., almost £90 million will be spent on the production of made-for-broadband content by 2013, according to Content Economics Research, up from more than £30 million last year.

LOS ANGELES, February 11: A Squared Entertainment (A2), the entertainment company led by former DIC chief Andy Heyward, is partnering with Archie Comics and Stan Lee for a new print and digital comic book line.