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NEW YORK: Artists Den Entertainment and Northstar Media have partnered to expand the series Live from the Artists Den to international markets. Northstar Media will have the international television and VOD distribution rights to the series, which pairs famous musicians …

TAIPEI: Smart TVs are poised to see significant growth next year, with shipments to double to 52.85 million units, according to the Topology Research Institute, compared to 48.2 million 3D TV shipments. The Taiwan-based research company said 7.04 million smart …

LONDON: BBC iPlayer usage via tablets was up 15 percent last month, with 4.6 million requests to view or listen to BBC shows in September. BBC iPlayer received 153 million requests for TV and radio programs across all platforms in September. …

LONDON: ITV has secured a three-year deal for the broadcast rights to UEFA Europa League football, ending Channel 5’s coverage of the competition. The deal, which runs from the 2012-13 season to 2014-15, will see ITV broadcast the first- and second-pick Europa …

LUFKIN: The Coalition For Free TV and Broadband is backing a broadcaster broadband plan that addresses long-term spectrum requirements and offers a continued source of revenue for the U.S. Treasury, compared to a one-time gain from a spectrum auction.  The Coalition For …

LOS ANGELES: After months of talks, the owners of Hulu have decided against the sale of the online content site. News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company and the Hulu senior management team said in a statement late yesterday: …

SÃO PAULO: The Digital TV Cable operator in Bolivia has added to its service TV Globo Internacional and the football channel PFC.  This marks TV Globo’s seventh operator in Bolivia. The channel’s telenovelas, journalism and more than 600 live games …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a music-driven pilot, Zombies and Cheerleaders, for consideration to develop a series for the 2012 schedule.  The pilot, which heads into production in December, features Zed Necrodopolis. Zed is an ordinary high-school student, who also …

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has entered into a three-year joint television venture with Banca Studio, the company recently formed by Roy Bank, producer of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and former president of television for Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE). …

MONTREAL: Set to open the 2011 Children, Youth & Media (CYM) conference are Hedda Sharapan, the director of early childhood initiatives at The Fred Rogers Company, and Angela Santomero, the executive producer of the new preschool animated series Daniel Tiger’s …