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NEW YORK: Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, has been added to the keynote speaker lineup of the 2009 Media Summit New York, set to take place March 18 and 19. Dauman joins previously announced speakers Jeff Zucker, …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide America has extended Kids Preferred’s rights portfolio for Charlie and Lola to include eight new product categories, such as wooden toys and backpacks. Kids Preferred will also develop wood puzzles, children’s umbrellas, melamine tableware, felt and …

LOS GATOS: With 600,000 net customer additions since the beginning of the year, online movie rental service Netflix has crossed the 10-million subscriber mark. The company surpassed 9 million subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2008, ending the year with …

NEW YORK: Restructuring charges and higher expenses were cited as the reasons for the 69-percent drop in Viacom’s fourth-quarter profits to $173 million, on stable revenues of $4.2 billion. For the full-year, meanwhile, revenues gained 9-percent to $14.6 billion, with …

COPENHAGEN: TV 2 Denmark has secured a wide-ranging SVOD deal with CBS Paramount International Television covering new series and library fare, among them 90210, Californication and Twin Peaks. The agreement enables TV 2 to offer the titles via its on-demand broadband offering, TV 2 …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has teamed up with Big Earth Productions for the new six-part series By Any Means, which will air on Nat Geo Adventure later this month. The series follows adventurer and British actor Charley …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Networks International is rolling out a new logo for its flagship Discovery Channel brand in time for the 20th anniversary of the network’s first launch outside of the U.S. The logo will begin rolling out across all …

PARIS: Award-winning producer-directors Rory Kennedy and Liz Garbus will deliver the MIPDOC closing keynote address on "Social Change through Documentary" on March 29. The format will be a moderated conversation with Lynne Kirby, the senior VP of original programming for …

LONDON: Target Entertainment Group has sold a range of programs, spanning more than 250 hours, to broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand.  A package of drama titles went to New Zealand’s Rialto Channel, including She’s Gone, a Size 9 Productions …

LONDON: The Digital Rights Group has closed three format sales in Spain for titles from the C4i catalogue: Time Team, That’ll Tech Em and My Famous Family.  Batabat optioned the rights for Time Team. The show will feature a team …