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BETHPAGE: A last-minute carriage agreement signed between Cablevision and Viacom has ensured that customers will continue to receive channels such as Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central as part of their subscriptions. The two companies reached a new affiliate pact late December …

ST. LOUIS/NEW YORK: The Walt Disney Company has re-upped its distribution agreement with Charter Communications, delivering customers content across TVs, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and other Internet-enabled devices. Charter customers gain access to a range of authenticated services, including …

LONDON: Amanda Hill is assuming the newly created position of chief brands officer at BBC Worldwide, where her oversight will include CBeebies, among other assets. Hill will be working to develop, segment and manage the current brand portfolio of 14 BBC …

EL SEGUNDO: The global 3D consumer market is flourishing across cinema, home video and pay-TV VOD platforms, according to an IHS Screen Digest Cross Platform Intelligence report. There are a total of 37 unique 3D channels that have been launched globally …

NEW YORK: With our extensive slate of interviews this year, World Screen touched on every area of the media business, from the stars in front of the camera to the creatives behind the scenes to the executives in charge of …

NEW YORK: Jim Packer, the president of worldwide television and digital distribution at Lionsgate, talks to World Screen about the international appeal of the shows Nashville and Anger Management, as well as the popularity of edgier series such as Nurse …

MUNICH: Two animated movies, Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble and Legends of Valhalla: Thor, and the documentary Camp 14: Total Control Zone, all of which are distributed by Global Screen, have been acquired by Netflix for certain territories around …

SINGAPORE: The global pay-TV market added around 47 million subscribers this year, reaching a total of 864 million subs, and ABI Research expects this segment to grow to reach 907 million subscribers in 2013. The growth for satellite, cable and …

LONDON: ESPN is set to televise the Caribbean T20 annual Twenty20 cricket tournament on its networks in the Caribbean, the U.K. and Ireland, the Pacific-Rim, the Middle East, Israel, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Coverage begins on January 6, allowing …

LONDON: Global television revenues grew by 6.7 percent in 2011, reaching £258 billion ($417.2 billion), with subscription revenues increasing for the fourth year in a row to £133 billion ($215 billion), according to Ofcom’s International Communications Market Report 2012. In …