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NEW YORK: The telenovela My Love scored Portugal its first International Emmy win at last night’s gala event, where Jimmy Fallon and Alec Baldwin presented the Directorate Award to Lorne Michaels and Rupert Murdoch made a surprise appearance to present …

NEW YORK: Kamil Othman, the VP for creative industry policy and strategy at Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), discusses the government-backed organization’s mandate and the rising prominence of Malaysia as a media capital.   With the assistance of MDeC, Malaysian companies …

NEW YORK: Carl Icahn’s bid to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Lionsgate for $7.50 per share has been extended, now expiring at midnight on December 2. As of yesterday, November 22, 8.1 million common shares had been …

NEW YORK: Viacom joins ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX on the roster of broadcast groups that have blocked access to users of Google TV. Full-length episodes of shows from such Viacom-owned channels as MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and BET …

LOS ANGELES: The Independent Film & Television Alliance is hosting its 12th annual IFTA Production Conference on December 3, with a special focus on "Monetizing Independent Film in the Digital Marketplace." Dave Habiger, the president and CEO of Sonic Solutions, …

TORONTO: During 2009-10, the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) disbursed a record amount of C$327 million to bolster the production of 4,400 hours of programming, according to an annual report from the Canada Media Fund. Of the 4,400 hours of programming …

TORONTO/MUMBAI: A total of seven channels from News Corp.-owned subsidiary STAR have launched in Canada on the recently launched service Bell Fibe TV. The channels include three Hindi-language services: the general-entertainment channel STAR ONE, the Bollywood movie channel STAR India …

LOS ANGELES: Debmar-Mercury is teaming with ITV Studios America for an original U.S. version of the British daytime talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show. The talk show has already been cleared in more than 80 percent of the U.S. The …

LONDON: In the run-up to next month’s Asia Television Forum (ATF), Cineflix International Distribution has scored a slew of sales across the region. Frantic Films’ The Opener was picked up by Real Global Broadcasting in India. Discovery India went for …

HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures has firmed up an exclusive multi-year deal with Distribution Workshop to provide titles for its Celestial Movies channel in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. The deal covers the entire slate of Chinese movies that Distribution Workshop …