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AUSTIN, February 3: According to a new report by IMS Research, 2012 is poised to be the year that multi-screen content consumption "transitions from hype to reality."
NEW YORK, February 3: Robert Halmi, Sr., the founder of RHI Entertainment, is leaving the company, with plans to launch a new independent production outfit.
MUNICH, February 3: Sky Deutschland, which has surpassed the 3 million subscriber mark, plans to raise 300 million euros ($394 million) this year to finance investments in exclusive new content and innovative products and services.
LAUSANNE, February 3: The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Japan Consortium the broadcast rights in Japan for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
NEW YORK, February 3: The Chinese pay-per-view and VOD platform YOU On Demand, led by former WWE exec Shane McMahon, is now on the air through the Jinan Branch of Shandong Radio and Television Networks Company.
LOS ANGELES, February 3: A fifth season of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares has been ordered by FOX, with 16 fresh episodes to come from ITV Studios America and Optomen in association with A. Smith & Co. Productions.
NEW YORK, February 3: The TV Land original sitcom The Exes has been renewed for a second season, which is slated for a June premiere alongside the network's new Cedric "The Entertainer" comedy Have Faith.
LONDON, February 3: A raft of programming from the Passion Distribution catalogue has been picked up by MTV3 Finland for the male-skewed MAX channel and female-focused AVA service.
BURBANK, February 3: ABC Family has unveiled its new original programming slate, which includes the recently greenlit comedy series Baby Daddy, among others.
SYDNEY, February 3: Australia's Ben Britton is hosting the week-long Big Cat Week event on Nat Geo Wild, which will feature the doc The Last Lions as its centerpiece.
LONDON, February 3: CBBC is co-producing a new children’s fantasy drama series, Wolfblood, with Germany’s ZDF and ZDF Enterprises.
NEW YORK, February 3: BBC Worldwide Americas and LinkTV have inked a programming deal for a range of docu-series and news documentaries from BBC Worldwide, including Tribal Wives.
BURBANK, February 3: Sean Cocchia has been promoted to the role of senior VP of business operations and general manager at Disney Channels Worldwide from his previous post at Radio Disney.
TORONTO, February 3: Breakthrough Entertainment has hired Diane Boehme to serve as its senior development executive of scripted, features and factual, which is a newly created position.
NEW YORK, February 2: José Bastón, the president of television and content at Grupo Televisa, sat down with World Screen Newsflash to talk about the strengths of the company’s current activities, growth prospects and facing competition from Telmex in the Mexican market.
NEW YORK, February 2: Net earnings from continuing operations fell 5 percent at Viacom for the fiscal first quarter, while revenue was up 3 percent to $3.95 billion.
TOKYO, February 2: Sony reported a 159 billion yen ($2.09 billion) net loss for the third quarter ended December 31, 2011, compared to a profit of 72.3 billion yen ($950 million) in the same period the year prior, with the company expecting an even greater loss of 220 billion yen ($2.9 billion) for the fiscal year ending in March.
OTTAWA, February 2: Canada's TV and film production industry grew 8.9 percent in 2010-11 to reach an all-time high of C$5.49 billion ($5.5 billion), according to new figures from Profile 2011: An Economic Report on the Screen-Based Production Industry in Canada.
BERLIN, February 2: The Walt Disney Company has firmed up a wide-ranging exclusive deal with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland that includes the German free-TV premieres for a range of titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney/Pixar, Marvel and DreamWorks.
SANTA MONICA/ENGLEWOOD, February 2: A new multi-year licensing agreement sees more than 500 Lionsgate film titles become available to the Starz Entertainment premium channels and services.
MANILA, February 2: GMA Worldwide is supplying a minimum of 350 hours of locally produced programs and 25 feature films to FOX International Channels (FIC) for its cable services this year.
LOS ANGELES, February 2: Showtime has ordered additional seasons of Shameless, House of Lies and Californication for its Sunday night lineup.
LONDON, February 2: HISTORY, A+E Networks UK and BSkyB have commissioned the new documentary series Grave Trade from ITV Studios.
LONDON, February 2: Channel 4 has commissioned Crackit Productions to produce You Deserve This House, a new property makeover series hosted by Amanda Lamb.
LONDON, February 2: RTL Group and Virgin Media have joined Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the U.K., as its first associate members.
LONDON, February 2: Starting today, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies are available through TrueVisions in Thailand.
LONDON, February 2: A+E Networks UK and BSkyB have expanded the Crime & Investigation Network brand in Poland by launching on the DTH platform ‘n.’
TORONTO, February 2: Cartoon Network and Adult Swim are heading to Canadian television later this year, following a partnership between TELETOON Canada and Turner Broadcasting System.
LONDON, February 2: Dynamo: Magician Impossible has been given an order for two more seasons by Watch, as part of an exclusive talent deal that UKTV has with the famed magician.
MIAMI, February 2: MP & Silva and Globo TV Sports have signed a deal for the international distribution rights for Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A (Brazilian League Série A) and Campeonato Paulista.
