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NEW YORK: Releasing its latest Three Screen Report, Nielsen says that Americans are continuing to increase their overall media consumption across TV, online and mobile, watching an average of 141 hours of television per month in the second quarter. This …

BRUSSELS, September 2: Announcing the payment of a 450 million euros subsidy to France Télévisions, the European Commission also revealed that it is opening a formal investigation into the pubcaster’s funding mechanisms. The Commission is looking into whether or not funding …

DUBAI: News Corporation is in talks with Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal for a stake in the Middle Eastern media group Rotana, according to the Wall Street Journal. In what would be its first major investment in the Middle …

LONDON: ESPN has picked up the rights to a package of UEFA Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup) matches for the U.K., on the heels of launching its new British channel.  Five and ITV had previously acquired the rights to the …

LONDON: Character Options has been appointed British master toy partner for HIT Entertainment’s Fireman Sam in a multi-category licensing deal. Character Options will be launching new ranges for the recently refreshed Fireman Sam property across plastic playsets, vehicles and figures, …

LOS ANGELES: Adness Entertainment has secured a broadcast deal with Cartoon Network Latin America for Kamen Rider Dragon Knight to premiere in the fourth quarter of this year. The 40×30-minute live-action series follows the adventures of a teenage who discovers …

COLOGNE/LOS ANGELES: Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds is among a slate of titles set to air on RTL Television in Germany, following a new multi-year licensing agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The agreement covers the German free-TV rights to current, …

HARRINGTON PARK, September 2: Janson Media has sold ten episodes from the Hollywood Collection to NBC Universal Global Networks for Italy. The Hollywood Collection is an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between …

NEW YORK: Advertising spending in the U.S. fell by 15.4 percent to $56.9 billion in the first half of the year, according to The Nielsen Company, with cable TV the only medium to have recorded growth in the period. Ad …

MUNICH: Tandem Communications has added Malisa Scott to its management team as partner and COO. Scott was most recently was the managing director of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) Germany, overseeing all of SPHE’s activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland …