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DALLAS: The revenues from the delivery of Internet video to television sets is forecast to rise from just $1 billion this year to $5.7 billion in 2014, driven by the rollout of broadband-enabled TVs. The forecast comes from research firm …

LONDON: The U.K.’s Competition Commission has issued a provisional ruling on ITV’s Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) Undertakings, arguing that the limitations on how the British broadcaster sells ad time on ITV1 should stay in place for now. The CRR mechanism was …

LOS ANGELES: A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group against Veoh Networks, ruling that the online video site had taken steps to remove unauthorized content. The ruling deemed Veoh to be in compliance with the Digital …

NEW YORK: This year’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) was watched by more than 26.9 million viewers on MTV, MTV2 and VH1 on Sunday night, up 17 percent from the 23 million who tuned in last year. The event ranked as …

STOCKHOLM: The catch-up TV services of Swedish broadcasters TV4 and SVT have been added to the Viasat OnDemand Internet portal, which also features more than 1,000 movies and live coverage of major sports events. The SVT Play service can be …

LONDON: KidsCo has struck a deal with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) to air the live-action drama Round The Twist across Europe. The first four seasons will be broadcast in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain from October 5. …

TORONTO: The Real Estate Adventures of Sandy & Maryse and The Restaurant Adventures of Caroline & Dave are the latest lifestyle series to join the catalogue of Portfolio Entertainment. Portfolio now holds the worldwide distribution rights for both shows, excluding …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has firmed up sales on a number of its factual programs with broadcasters in Europe, Italy and Australia.  The Re-Inventors went to Discovery in Italy, ABC in Australia, Nord in Poland, Ananey in Israel, Spektrum in Hungary …

HONG KONG: Subhash Chandra, the chairman and founder of Zee Entertainment Enterprises in India, will be a keynote participant in the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) Convention in Hong Kong on November 4th. A pioneer in India’s …

TORONTO: Following a successful debut on Canada’s YTV, Survive This has been been given an order for 13 new episodes to be produced by 9 Story Entertainment. Production on the new season began earlier this month. Created by 9 Story …