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LOS ANGELES: Independent distributor o2c has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to the one-hour television special Derek Acorah: A Psychic at Oxford. The special features the well-known spiritual medium demonstrating his abilities at Oxford University. “I am delighted to be …

MILAN: Atlantyca Entertainment, the Italian company behind the Geronimo Stilton brand, has set up a new business focused on research and development in the areas of video gaming, apps and web content. Atlantyca-LAB will focus on transmedia brands and copyrights …

LOS ANGELES: The reality production company Collins Avenue, co-owned by Content Media Corporation, has upped Mike Aho to VP of factual programming and Michael Hammond to VP of production. Aho was previously the VP of development and Hammond held the …

LOS GATOS: Netflix has unveiled a new pricing structure for its U.S. customers, nixing a current tier that offers both unlimited streaming and DVDs by mail and launching a new DVD-only plan, in addition to the existing streaming-only plan. The new …

LONDON: U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, has referred News Corporation’s proposal to take full control of BSkyB to the Competition Commission, after the company withdrew its offer to spin-off Sky News. "News Corporation …

LONDON: Ian Hogg has been promoted to CEO for the Asia Pacific at FremantleMedia with oversight for the production operations in Australia and across Asia, operating out of the Sydney office. Hogg has been upped to the newly created post …

LOS ANGELES: The reality series 2NE1TV Live: Worldwide featuring the Korean pop girl group 2NE1 is to premiere on the English-language Asian music network Mnet on Sunday, July 17, at 8 p.m. The 20-episode half-hour series will air in prime …

SAN FRANCISCO: Parvati Shallow, winner of CBS’s Survivor: Micronesia, travels the world with only a smartphone and tablet in the third season of the CBS Interactive web series Around the World for Free, sponsored by AT&T. The million-dollar Survivor prize-winning …

ROME: The animated series Scan2Go is to debut on August 28 in Italy on the K2 channel following a deal between Switchover Media and Japanese distributor d-Rights. The space-adventure series is comprised of 52 half-hour episodes. It will air on …

NEW YORK: The News Corp. institutional investors suing the company over its acquisition of the Shine Group have submitted a revised complaint that includes the News of the World scandal, citing it as another example of "improper conduct." The suit was …