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LONDON: A recent survey conducted by CNN International and Ericsson reveals that top executives are increasingly viewing TV content on their laptops, desktop computers and mobile devices, and 73 percent of CNN’s global online audience share user-generated video content. Of …

TORONTO: The Canadian government is creating the Canada Media Fund (CMF), whose mandate is to ensure the production of quality content and to make it available on multiple platforms. The CMF will be created as the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) …

NEW YORK: Time Warner Cable will be launching Primetime On Demand, a new channel that will offer a variety of hit shows from various broadcast and cable networks’ prime-time lineups, including NBC, CBS, USA and FX. Viewers will be able …

LONDON: The U.K. pay-tv company BSkyB launched an attack against Channel 4, claiming the commercial broadcaster is mismanaged and has wasted millions of pounds on failed business ventures. These criticisms were made in a letter from BSkyB to the U.K. …

NEW YORK: The new TLC series Table for 12 looks at a family who has three sets of multiples, totaling ten children, and traces the daily experiences of the bunch. The series, which launches on March 23 at 10 p.m., …

 TORONTO: From March 22 to 29, TVO in Canada will be presenting a slate of documentaries, dramas and current-affairs programs that explore the themes of culture and identity in society with Belong or Bust: Where Do I Fit In? The programming …

LOS ANGELES: Connection III Entertainment Corp. will be exhibiting at MIPTV for the first time this year, looking to shore up deals on its U.S. syndication series Made in Hollywood and Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition, among other titles. "Celebrity-featured …

PARIS: Full-year revenues at Vivendi gained 17.2 percent to 25.4 billion euros, the company announced today, with an adjusted net income of 2.7 billion euros. “We reached the goals that we set in the beginning of 2008," said the company’s …

DALLAS: Newly released data indicates that 43 percent of broadband users are interested in having access to cable TV channels via their PCs, with 29 percent of those respondents indicating they would be willing to shell out an extra $10 …

TOKYO: Sony Corporation has announced a reorganization and a new management team as it copes with the challenges of the financial crisis, in a move that sees Howard Stringer adding president to his current remit of chairman and CEO. The …