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NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the nominees for this year’s International Digital Emmy Awards, with Canada leading with four nods and Kenya and Japan each scoring first-time mentions. There are 12 nominees across …

NEW YORK: World Screen’s Top 100 Digital Channels: Western Europe downloadable report is your essential guide to doing business with the host of new channels across the region. To buy it, click here. The rapid deployment of DTT and IPTV …

LONDON/NEW YORK: IMG Media has aligned with Panasonic Avionics Corp. to launch the first-ever in-flight live global premium 24-hour sports channel, Sport 24. The service is being broadcast via satellite to specially equipped Gulf Air planes. The channel will feature live …

LOS ANGELES: ITV Studios America and HDFilms, which recently re-imagined the show V for ABC, are remaking the 1970s sci-fi series Space: 1999 as Space: 2099. Jace Hall, the president and founder of HDFilms, will be leading the creative efforts, working …

ATLANTA: Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) has hired Gerhard Zeiler to lead its international division, following his departure from RTL Group.  Zeiler, currently the president and CEO of RTL Group, announced yesterday he is leaving the company as of April. Now, it …

LONDON: The BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—are expected to record the strongest adspend growth this year, according to World Advertising Research Center (Warc)’s latest international ad forecast. Russia is expected to increase ad expenditure by 16.5 percent this year, followed …

PARIS, January 27: MIPTV is now accepting nominations for the second Brand of the Year Award as part of its two-day Branded Entertainment program, which takes place April 2 and 3. The 2012 Brand of the Year Award will be …

PARIS: The Content 360 digital media competition has issued a call for entries for its seventh edition, taking place during MIPTV’s MIPCube forum and set to feature a new viral video category created by MSN International. Content 360 allows digital …

NEW YORK: Merger and acquisitions activity in the entertainment and media sector is expected to rise this year, according to PwC, spurred by OTT and social-networking companies, as well as online gaming firms. “The lines between media and technology are blurring …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel has announced a quick turnaround doc on the Costa Concordia, the luxury cruise ship that ran aground on the Italian coast on Friday, January 13. As of this morning there are 15 confirmed dead from the disaster, …