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NEW YORK: Cinemax subscribers can now download the MAX GO app free of charge, offering unlimited access to 700 hours of programming, coinciding with the premiere of Strike Back, the network’s first prime-time original. Strike Back premieres tonight on Cinemax. …

SAN JOSE: The global IPTV market is expected to generate $49 billion in 2015, with Europe and North America accounting for the largest shares, according to new research from the Multimedia Research Group (MRG). In its updated IPTV Global Forecast …

MUNICH/HEIDELBERG: ProSiebenSat.1 and Kabel BW have entered into a long-term partnership for the carriage of free- and pay-TV channels as well as VOD services, for both SD and HD.  Customers of the cable network operator now have access, for the …

NEW YORK: USA Network has picked up the network television rights to more than 30 films from Universal Pictures, including Judd Apatow’s Bridesmaids and the Ben Stiller comedy Little Fockers. Through the deal, films will also have the opportunity to run …

LONDON: The supernatural fantasy noir drama Lost Girl is to make its U.K. debut on Syfy via a deal secured by Sony Pictures Television. The first season of Lost Girl launched on Showcase in Canada. The second season is currently …

LOS ANGELES: truTV has ordered a new project from Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg’s Katalyst, a reality series set within the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Tentatively titled California DMV: Field Offices, the show will go behind-the-scenes of several …

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned a new series from Finestripe Productions that follows entrepreneur David Fishwick as he tries to create a bank from scratch and turn a profit within six months. The show, tentatively titled Bank of Dave, will …

MIAMI: Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic has acquired the rights for Televix Entertainment’s documentary Operation Victoria: The Fall of Shining Path. The documentary shines a light on Abimael Guzman, who in the 1980s led Shining Path to become one of …

VANCOUVER: The Canadian docu-sitcom Family Restaurant: The Quons has been picked up by the WE tv channel, and is to debut in English in the U.S. on August 16. The series features the Quons, a Chinese family on a mission …

LOS ANGELES: The international hit kids’ series The Wannabes has been added to the Starz Kids & Family lineup in the U.S., to debut on September 5. The series has already been broadcast in 92 territories across the world, with …