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NEW YORK: Breaking Bad has officially entered the Guinness World Records 2014 edition as the "Highest-Rated TV Series." The source for the record is the review aggregation site MetaCritic.com, where the current season of Breaking Bad received a metascore of …

TWIN FALLS: Stephen P. Mathis, who worked in media for more than 50 years, died suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 77. Mathis served in senior management positions at ABC's owned-and-operated stations during the 1960s and '70s in Detroit, …

SINGAPORE: The global pay-TV market added 23 million new subscribers in the first two quarters of 2013, with growth in telco and satellite TV yet cable and terrestrial pay-TV services remaining relatively flat. The pay-TV market is expected to continue …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Television Studios has entered into an agreement with Eyeworks Group to jointly develop scripted programming originating from Scandinavian writers. The two will be developing scripted content for both the U.S. and international markets. Melinda Jason and her …

LONDON: FremantleMedia has appointed several executives for its new digital and branded entertainment division, which was launched earlier this year. Olivier Delfosse has been named as the senior VP of digital for the FremantleMedia Group, based in Los Angeles. He …

TORONTO: Caroline Tyre, who was previously the director of programming at TELETOON, has joined Distribution360 as director of business development, while Smiljka Baljozovic comes to the company in a sales role. Tyre will be focusing on expanding D360's catalogue through …

LONDON: The number of homes paying for IPTV is expected to reach 167 million by the end of 2018, with the largest gains coming from the Asia Pacific, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. There were a …

LOS ANGELES: The DISCOP Organization is launching a new initiative to help content creators explore co-production and fundraising opportunities as well as to showcase their projects and develop their skills. Producers attending DISCOP Africa and DISCOP Istanbul are invited to …

LONDON: Sir David Frost, a British journalist and broadcaster who became known for his hard-hitting interviews, has died of a heart attack at the age of 74. Frost died on Saturday night aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he …

SYDNEY: Seven Network in Australia is set to launch the highly anticipated new drama The Blacklist and Joss Whedon’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just days after their U.S. premieres. The Blacklist, which stars James Spader, and the action-packed Marvel’s Agents …