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MONTREAL, September 3: Polivideo has entered an agreement to represent Distraction’s formats, ready-to-air catalogue and clip library in Italy and other Italian-speaking regions. The move is aimed to expand Distraction’s business in Italy, which in the past year has included …

NEW YORK, September 3: Hamp Hampton, the CEO of FitzRoy Media, reveals to World Screen Newsflash plans for new animated content based on the 35-year-old comic-strip Heathcliff, in conjunction with Peter Gallagher, the nephew of the creator of the orange …

NEW YORK, September 2: Data from Nielsen Media Research estimates that 38.4 million people tuned in to watch Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama address the Democratic National Convention at the end of last week. The four days of coverage of …

LONDON, September 2: The African pay-TV service GTV has received a further $35 million in funding, bringing its total investment capital to date to $200 million. The DTH platform is available in numerous African markets, including Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, …

PARIS, September 2: Vivendi’s second-quarter financials show a 15.1-percent increase in revenues, to 6 billion euros, while adjusted net income was stable at 757 million euros, with strong gains recorded at the Canal+ Group. Jean-Bernard Lévy, the chairman of Vivendi’s …

COLUMBUS, September 2: Clark Morehouse has joined the digital network .2Network as senior VP and chief revenue officer. Morehouse will be responsible for securing the revenues of the network and overseeing the distribution of the affiliate’s revenue share. Before joining …

TOKYO, September 2: Masato “Mark” Oda has been appointed as deputy president and general manager of the anime channel Animax Broadcast Japan. In his new position, Oda will be responsible for the channel’s day-to-day operational management and development, including programming, …

LONDON, September 2: FremantleMedia has appointed Simon Spalding as regional CEO, responsible for all European territories, excluding the U.K. and Germany, and for Asia Pacific, while Doug Gluck will step down from his role as CEO of Europe, Australasia and …

JOHANNESBURG, September 2: SABC2 has completed a deal to broadcast earthTV’s The World LIVE four times daily, with each 90-second short showing seven glimpses of different places on the planet. The network has also commissioned a bespoke local version of …

BUENOS AIRES, September 2: Flor Latina Entertainment Group, the new initiative from Silvana D’Angelo and Pablo Bossi, has closed a deal with audiovisual producer Monosabios to add a range of titles to its recently created games and formats division. Monosabios …