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PARIS: At the inaugural Connected Creativity event at MIPTV, Hans Vestberg, the president and CEO of Ericsson, will deliver a keynote entitled Shaping the Networked Society. Vestberg will outline his vision of a networked society and its impact on the …

NEW YORK: New Nielsen data reports that time spent on online video in the U.S. grew by 45 percent since January 2010, while the actual number of online video viewers was up just 3.1 percent. Nielsen estimates 143.9 million unique online …

CULVER CITY: The recently launched 3D network 3net, a joint venture from Sony, Discovery and IMAX, has scheduled a further ten programs to premiere this month. 3net, which debuted February 13 on DIRECTV, will be rolling out original 3D series …

LONDON/MUNICH/HAMBURG: Endemol Germany has picked up a majority stake in the production company set up by the co-producer and presenter of the local version of The Money Drop. Endemol has taken an undisclosed stake in Herr P, the venture founded …

LONDON: The newly formed Zodiak Kids will see all of Zodiak Media Group’s kids’ production and distribution entities come under one banner. Zodiak Kids will encompass Marathon Media, Tele-images Productions, Zodiak Active Kids Entertainment Division and The Foundation as well …

STOCKHOLM: Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has reported its best-ever yearly earnings, with 2010 operating profit rising 26 percent to SEK 807 million ($124.2 million). "Our record profit is testimony to the hard work that has been done throughout the group," …

NEW YORK: Production is under way on the two-hour pilot Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, the latest chapter in the Syfy hit. Blood & Chrome takes place in the tenth year of the first Cylon war. Luke Pasqualino leads the cast …

LOS ANGELES: Online entertainment publisher BuzzMedia has acquired the female-skewing celebrity and lifestyle website The Frisky from Turner Broadcasting System. Launched in 2008, The Frisky delivers entertainment, celebrity, fashion and women’s lifestyle content to more than 2 million average monthly readers. …

TEL-AVIV: Dori Media Group, in collaboration with Indiemedia, has scored a sale for its interactive format uMan to ITV Studios America for the U.S. market. The cross-platform show features eight contestants entering a "lab" for 21 days, during which their every …

LONDON: Archie Productions has been tapped by CITV and ITV Breakfast to produce a further 26 episodes of the hit kids’ series The Cool Stuff Collective. A total of 26 22-minute episodes are to be produced. Of the new installments, 14 …