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NEW YORK, January 17: Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe will star in a new docudrama for Bravo, tentatively titled The Rachel Zoe Project. The series will follow Zoe and her trusted inner circle—husband Rodger and fashion team of Taylor and Brad—as …

ATLANTA/NEW YORK, January 17: Turner Broadcasting System and the National Basketball Association have inked a deal to jointly manage the sports league’s digital businesses—including NBA TV—expanding upon their long-running broadcast partnership. The companies will jointly manage a portfolio of the …

NEW YORK, January 17: The digital media and communications investment firm Velocity Interactive Group has raised $10 million in financing for Broadband Enterprises, an online video network. Velocity Interactive Group was established by Ross Levinsohn, the former president of Fox …

ALVISO/SAN MATEO, January 17: The Internet movie service Jaman has inked a deal that makes its catalogue of features available directly from the TV screen via the TiVo DVR. The service will be available in the coming months to broadband-connected …

WEST PALM BEACH, January 17: ION Media Networks has entered into a strategic partnership with Star Media, a New York-based syndication outfit, and Omnicom’s OMG Entertainment & Sports unit for the development and broadcast of programming for African-American audiences. The …

NEW YORK, January 17: American Idol delivered 33.4 million viewers when it returned to FOX’s schedule this week, making it the most-watched non-sports event of the season, despite an 11-percent drop from the 37.4 million who tuned in last year. …

MUNICH, January 17: Axel Springer has concluded the sale of its 12-percent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media to majority owners KKR and Permira. Lavena Holding 5 GmbH, a company controlled by funds advised by KKR and Permira, formerly held approximately 50.7 …

RESTON, January 17: According to comScore Video Metrix, Americans viewed nearly 9.5 billion online videos in November, with more than 3 billion watched on YouTube and other Google sites, upping the company’s share of the online video market to 31.3 …

LOS ANGELES, January 17: About 35 percent of Americans have changed their media consumption habits as a result of the Hollywood writers strike, according to a report by the consultancy firm Interpret, and 27 percent are watching less network TV. …

A look at the some of the trends and topics that are sure to impact the content industry this year. Asia The continued rebound in Asian economies has distributors feeling upbeat about ramping up their business in the world’s fastest-growing …