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NEW YORK: Syfy has greenlit a fifth season of its hit original dramedy Eureka. The fourth season of the show kicked off on July 9, and is averaging a 2.2 household rating and more than 3 million total viewers per …

SILVER SPRING: Coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Investigation Discovery is to air a new documentary, ID Investigates: Why is Bin Laden Alive?, which looks at how it is possible that no one has been able …

SCOTTSDALE: Revenues from web-to-TV video content will rise from $2 billion to more than $17 billion by 2014, at which point there will be 57 U.S. million U.S. broadband homes watching full-length online video on the TV set, In-Stat reports. "The over-the-top (OTT) …

STOCKHOLM/LONDON: Turner Broadcasting Europe has acquired 100 percent of the Millennium Media Group to create a new channels and content business targeted at the Scandinavian market. The new group will be created from the combination of Turner Nordic and MMG …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting’s premium channels bouquet TV1000 will have access to the exclusive pay-TV rights in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland to current and upcoming feature films from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. Highlights of the multi-year licensing deal include …

BURBANK: Wipeout, a competition series that features the world’s largest extreme obstacle course, has been picked up for a fourth season by ABC. Hosts John Anderson, John Henson and co-host Jill Wagner return for the new season. The latest U.S. …

NEW YORK: Four series from AETN International’s catalogue are headed to Channel Seven in Australia: Pawn Stars, Life After People, WWII Lost Films and Parking Wars. Channel Seven also picked up the format rights for Pawn Stars. The deal was …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast has released the results of its second annual “TV Pulse Survey,” indicating 62 percent of consumers have watched prime-time TV series through technologies that include VOD, DVR and the Internet. "Time-shifting has hit the mainstream and is changing …

NEW YORK: The Vanilla Ice Project is a new series for DIY Network that focuses on the eponymous singer’s passion for home renovation. Vanilla Ice rose to fame with his hit Ice, Ice Baby. He has now turned his focus on …

NEW YORK: The Peanuts animated holiday specials, including the iconic A Charlie Brown Christmas, will continue to air on ABC, via a new five-year deal. The specials are owned by Peanuts Worldwide, the newly formed joint venture between Iconix Brand Group …