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LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has named Nic van Zwanenberg as its new channel director for ITV Choice, effective immediately. Based in Hong Kong, van Zwanenberg will work under Augustus Dulgaro, the company's senior VP for the Asia …

LONDON: Caroline Hurmson is joining Twofour Rights as the company's new senior sales executive for Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Israel. Hurmson previously served as the sales manager for Scandinavia and German-speaking Europe at Cineflix Rights. …

NEW YORK: 21st Century Fox is in the process of delisting its shares from the Australian stock market, and will only sell on the Nasdaq. The company, which split from News Corp. last June, will file today a preliminary proxy …

ARLINGTON: Revenues for the consumer electronics (CE) industry are projected to grow 2.4 percent in 2014, reaching a new record high of $208 billion, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The U.S. Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecasts is a …

CARACAS: Monica Spear, who won Miss Venezuela in 2004 and has appeared in a number of telenovelas, was shot during an attempted car robbery and had died at the age of 29. Spear was vacationing in Venezuela with her ex-husband …

LAS VEGAS: M-GO, the pay-as-you-go digital streaming joint venture between DreamWorks Animation and Technicolor, has developed a 4K streaming service to launch on Samsung UHD TVs in spring 2014. M-GO will feature a selection of full-length 4K theatrical titles and …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has completed its acquisition of the specialty channels Historia and Séries+ and its takeover of the remaining 50 percent of TELETOON Canada. Corus now officially owns 100 percent of Historia, which is dedicated to history-focused programming; Séries+, …

NEW YORK: The market for premium sports rights is set to rise by 14 percent this year to a new record, $26 billion, according to a new report by industry analysts Deloitte. The increase in rights fees is expected to …

BURBANK: The new WATCH ABC Family offering, which launches today, offers viewers with participating TV subscription services access to 24-hour viewing of the network on a variety of devices. The launch of WATCH ABC Family follows on the success of …

LOS ANGELES: Basic Lead has revealed that the European Product Placement Association (EPPA) is slated to officially launch at this year's DISCOP Istanbul, which is scheduled to take place from March 4 to 6. The purpose of the EPPA is …