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SEATTLE: Several popular shows from the 1990s, including Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?, are now available to Amazon Prime Instant Video users. Other Nickelodeon titles being offered by the streaming service include The Amanda Show, CatDog, Angry Beavers, …

NEW YORK/LONDON/SYDNEY: The social TV application zeebox has been rebranded as Beamly, marking the revamp with the launch of a new app that connects viewers to television content 24/7. The new Beamly app allows fans to follow the shows and …

CANNES: Reed MIDEM is reporting attendance of 11,000 executives at MIPTV, which wraps in Cannes today, with Laurine Garaude, director of the television division, calling this week's event a "buoyant" market. Digital in particular is a highlight, with some 1,000 …

SUNNYVALE: DOGTV, a network created just for dogs, has received an investment from Discovery Communications, launching a strategic partnership between the two companies to help grow the channel. DOGTV plans to use the investment to drive sales and marketing for …

CANNES: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented the awards for this year's International Digital Emmys last night at a ceremony in Cannes, honoring winners that hailed from Kenya, Australia and the U.K. Shujaaz.FM Reloaded (Well Told Story) …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO/CANNES: Entertainment One (eOne) Television International has landed a round of deals for shows from its output agreement with AMC and SundanceTV, along with announcing a second season of the comedy Welcome to Sweden. Titles from the AMC/Sundance deal …

LONDON: A new report from ZenithOptimedia projects that global advertising growth rates will return to pre-financial-crisis levels, boosted by stronger economies, Internet advertising and mobile, but television will remain the most dominant medium. From a 3.9-percent growth rate in 2013 …

CANNES: Get ready for MIPTV's official opening tomorrow by picking up a copy of our MIPTV editions at a number of hotels on the Croisette, and download or update the World Screen app, delivering programming listings, news and a host …

SANTA MONICA: Ovation has licensed the U.S. premiere rights for a number of concerts, series and documentaries from ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE). Among the titles involved in the agreement is Celebrity Exposed: The Photography of Richard Young, a …

As our industry debates the future of the “evolving digital marketplace,” policy makers are debating whether copyright laws—rewritten less than a decade ago—should again change in recognition of that evolution. For those who work to finance, produce and distribute film …