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TOKYO: Unfavorable exchange rates, the Japanese earthquake, floods in Thailand and a challenging global economy were cited by Sony Corporation as the reasons for its 9.6-percent fall in revenues to $79.2 billion, with net loss more than doubling to $5.7 …

NEW YORK: News Corporation’s third-quarter profits gained 47 percent to reach $937 million, on revenues that were 2-percent higher at $8.4 billion, with double-digit growth at the cable network programming and filmed-entertainment segments. The period’s results include a $111 million pretax …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has clinched deals with True Movies in the U.K. and V Tele in French Canada for several of its TV movies, including When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story. In addition to When Love is …

HAMPSHIRE: The number of streamed mobile TV users on smartphones is expected to reach 240 million by 2014, according to a new report from Juniper Research. A rise in smartphone penetration will contribute to the gains, along with growth in usage …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is extending the Got Talent franchise with a new live consumer experience, launching the Australia’s Got Talent Backstage Tours at its Melbourne studio. The event includes a VIP tour of the studio, access to rehearsals and …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: A raft of new deals have been secured by Entertainment One (eOne), including Finland’s Oy picking up The Walking Dead. The Firm went to Belgium’s Telenet. Turkey’s D-Smart bagged Re-Genesis. MTV3 in Finland scooped up Outlaw Bikers. Viacom …

PREMIUM: Tom Cosgrove, the president and CEO of 3net, tells World Screen about how the channel is positioning itself as the leader in 3D TV with its slate of original content.   Launched in the U.S. a little over a …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2012 issue of World Screen.   Australia’s Seven Network recently accomplished something most other networks around the world never have: it had the top ratings in every demographic in every week of the …

LOS ANGELES: The legendary radio and TV personality Dick Clark has passed away at the age of 82, with an outpouring of tributes coming from the entertainment industry. Clark suffered a heart attack while being treated for an outpatient procedure …

LAS VEGAS: On site at NAB in Las Vegas, World Screen‘s contributing editor, Elizabeth Guider, recaps sessions with Ben Silverman, Ted Sarandos and Gale Ann Hurd, plus panels on U.S. syndication—with execs from CBS, Warner Bros. and Debmar-Mercury—and "disruptive media," …