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LONDON: The days of rapid growth in pay-TV revenues are over, according to a Digital TV Research report, which predicts that global revenues from subscriptions and on-demand TV and movie services will rise just 3.2 percent this year, with growth rates …

LONDON: ITV plc is picking up a 65-percent interest in Thinkfactory Media, the American production company whose credits include HISTORY’s hit mini-series Hatfields & McCoys, for $30 million, with an option to take full ownership of the outfit. The put-and-call …

LONDON: ZenithOptimedia has slightly increased its ad-growth forecasts for 2014 and 2015 while downgrading its expectations for 2013 to a rate of 3.5 percent. The 2013 growth prediction is 0.4 percentage points lower than previously estimated. ZenithOptimedia downgraded its 2013 …

AUCKLAND: Debt-laden MediaWorks, which operates the TV3 and FOUR networks in New Zealand, has been placed in receivership but its proposed new owners have expressed confidence in the "opportunities ahead for the business." Rod McGeoch will serve as chairman of …

LOS ANGELES: Fullscreen, whose network of YouTube channels generates more than 2.5 billion views a month, has closed a round of Series A funding led by The Chernin Group as well as Comcast Ventures and WPP. Fullscreen’s roster of clients includes …

BURBANK: Former Warner Bros. Television Group chief Bruce Rosenblum has been tapped to lead the television and digital media division of Legendary Entertainment, the outfit whose credits include The Hangover franchise and Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim. Rosenblum has been named …

NEW YORK: The WorldScreen.com preview site for NATPE Budapest 2013 features a video interview with David Suchet, best known for his starring role in Agatha Christie’s Poirot, along with a host of articles, interviews and useful resources in one location. …

LOS ANGELES: Ward Platt has been named chief operating officer of FOX International Channels (FIC) and CEO of National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), a promotion that sees him relocating to Los Angeles. Platt has been serving as the president of Asia …

BANFF: Corus Entertainment and Telefilm Canada have set up a joint pilot initiative to encourage the increased production of Canadian English-language live-action family movies for theatrical release. Dubbed the Family Feature Production Fund, the program will provide financing for up …

LONDON: According to the Digital TV World Household Forecast report, global pay-TV households will reach nearly 1 billion by 2018, with the Asia-Pacific region contributing to more than half of that total. The pay-TV household base was at 772 million in 2012 …