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LOS ANGELES: Evolution has been selected as the worldwide licensing agent for Metro Trains’ Dumb Ways to Die, a YouTube and social-media hit that originated as a public service campaign to promote rail safety in Melbourne, Australia. Evolution will launch …

LOS ANGELES: A record-setting 1,500 foreign TV program buyers have just hit Tinseltown for the annual week-long sales bazaar known as the L.A. Screenings—and this go-round they will likely leave bowled over but definitely bleary-eyed by all they have to …

CANNES/TORONTO: Production has wrapped on Anti Social, an indie horror movie that Breakthrough Entertainment plans to showcase at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Anti Social takes place during a New Year’s Eve house party, where attendees are told to barricade …

BEVERLY HILLS: A number of live-action and animated films from The Walt Disney Company catalogue, such as Ratatouille and Dumbo, are now available on Netflix in the U.K. and Ireland. Disney and Disney/Pixar titles currently on offer include Ratatouille, Wall-E, The …

SAN BRUNO: YouTube has launched a pilot program for a group of partners that offers paid channels on the website, with subscription fees starting at $0.99 per month. Each subscription service offers a 14-day free trial. Among the paid channels …

TORONTO: The Banff World Media Festival has unveiled the full list of nominees for its annual Rockies Program Competition, which celebrates the "best of the best" in international television and digital content. There are five categories in the kids and …

LONDON: Price competition and the prevalence of free DTT in many markets will result in slower growth in pay-TV revenues over the next five years, according to a new report, as compared with the period from 2007 to 2012. Informa …

NEW YORK: News Corporation has reported $9.54 billion in total revenue for the three months ended March 31, a 14-percent increase year-on-year. More than half of this revenue increase was from growth at the Cable Networks Programming, Filmed Entertainment and …

NEW YORK: The World Screen app for the L.A. Screenings is now available for download, delivering programming listings, news, a directory of company suite numbers and a range of resources to help you make the most out of your time …

NEW YORK: Abbe Raven, chairman of A+E Networks, pointed to the gains made by the group’s channel portfolio at its Upfront presentation last night, noting, "In 2012, all six of our core networks were up year over year. We are …