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BOSTON: Digital television subscriptions broke through the 100 million household mark in 2008, according to new data from Strategy Analytics. The report, Western Europe Digital Television Forecast, 1H’09 estimates that Western Europe added 17 million net new digital households in …

LONDON: The U.K. government set out plans for the country’s media services and will maintain the current rules preventing product placement in programs made by and for British broadcasters. The government also called on the U.K. video-on-demand industry to help …

LOS ANGELES, March 12: Mental, the first international co-production from Fox Television Studios (FtvS) and Fox International Channels, is slated to air this summer on FOX, as well as 35 additional countries following its U.S. debut.

NEW YORK: The non-profit organization, Sesame Workshop, has reduced its workforce by 20 percent because of economic pressures caused by the recession. “After careful review, we have concluded that we will have to operate with fewer resources in order to …

NYON: UEFA has chosen Fox Sports Latin America’s pay channels, instead of keeping ESPN, as its broadcast partner in Central and Latin America. Fox now has the rights to the Champions League and the Europa League—the re-branded UEFA Cup—for the …

SINGAPORE, The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has announced that the Singaporean government will invest S$250 million ($163 million) to help sustain the growth momentum of its media sector amidst the economic downturn.

TORONTO, The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) will provide some c$285 million to the Broadcaster Performance Envelope (BPE) stream, which supports programming across genres such as drama, children’s and youth, variety and performance art and documentary, for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

LUCERNE/LONDON: The nominees have been revealed for the 49th Rose d’Or Festival, which will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 2 to 5. A new record of 424 programs, a 6-percent increase on last year’s participants, have been entered …

NEW YORK: In commemorating the 40th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival, VH1 and History have come together to create an original documentary slated to air on both channels in August. Tentatively titled Woodstock: 40 Years Later, the two-hour …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Touting the theme "What you do counts," National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has partnered with Spanish band Macaco and the record label EMI to celebrate Earth Day. NGCI has produced a special music video in collaboration with the …