Top Stories

LONDON: Endemol has invested $13 million in the social casino gaming company Plumbee, which creates, operates and markets free-to-play online and mobile games on social networks such as Facebook. Plumbee's social casino games are free to play but players can …

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios is planning to shoot all 2014 original series, including comedies and dramas, in 4K Ultra HD. 4K has four times the number of pixels as standard full HD, providing unprecedented picture clarity. Amazon has also introduced a …

LOS GATOS: Harris Interactive has conducted a survey on behalf of Netflix among some 1,500 online U.S. adults who stream TV shows and found that binge watching is common behavior among this group, with 61 percent saying they watch back-to-back …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has officially kicked off the 2014 International Emmy Awards competition, which features a new category for non-English-language U.S. prime-time programs. The category is open to any prime-time program produced by …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Hulu has taken on four projects from Shaftesbury's digital division, Smokebomb Entertainment, including the drama Long Story, Short. Along with the 11×5-minute Long Story, Short, Hulu picked up the 8×5-minute State of Syn, a dystopian 3D-enabled sci-fi motion …

NEW YORK/LONDON: A+E Networks has hired Denis Cantin as its VP and head of content sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective early next year. In his new post, Cantin will be responsible for A+E Networks' London-based …

CULVER CITY: The multi-platform entertainment network Crackle is now being offered on Apple TV, which is the first platform to feature Crackle content in high definition. Apple TV users will be able to access complementary titles from Crackle's vast catalogue …

NEW YORK: Due to economic gridlock in the U.S. and the continued financial crisis in the Eurozone, GroupM has revised its worldwide advertising spending forecast for 2014 downward, from 5.1-percent growth to now 4.6-percent. The This Year, Next Year report …

EL SEGUNDO: More than 1.7 billion devices capable of accessing over-the-top (OTT) broadband content such as Netflix and Hulu are expected to ship by the end of the year, according to IHS. The Consumer Electronics Topic Report from IHS forecasts …

LOS ANGELES: In a conference call today with press, Rod Perth, NATPE’s president and CEO, said the organization is committed to breaking down traditional barriers within the industry and creating an environment where deals get done across all platforms. The …