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LAS VEGAS, January 8: Comcast Corporation has revealed three major content initiatives at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, including Project Infinity, the company’s plan to offer consumers the ability to watch any movie, television show, user-generated content or other video …

SÃO PAULO, January 8: Globo TV International has reported an increase in its business across Asia, securing interest from broadcasters region-wide for productions like the telenovela Pages of Life and the mini-series Amazonia. “Asia is a strategic market with great …

HOLLYWOOD, January 8: The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards gala ceremony, slated to take place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday, has been scrapped as a result of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike and replaced …

NEW YORK/BASKING RIDGE/LAS VEGAS, January 8: Sundance Channel has inked a deal with Verizon Wireless to offer a selection of short-form programming on Verizon’s mobile V CAST service. The Sundance Channel on V CAST will feature video clips from prior …

NEW YORK, January 8: MTV Networks has announced a new targeted online syndication strategy that aims to deliver a diverse range of short- and long-form video content through partnerships with online video sites like Dailymotion, GoFish, imeem, MeeVee and Veoh. …

NEW YORK, January 8: Viacom’s Hispanic music network MTV Tr3s has added three new original series to its lineup, and will also roll out a second season of the hit reality series Quiero Mis Quinces, which will be accompanied by …

NEW YORK, January 8: A new report from TNS Media Intelligence predicts that U.S. advertising expenditure will rise 4.2 percent this year, with the biggest gains coming from the Internet. Advertising dollars spent on the Internet will rise 14.4 percent, …

NEW YORK, January 8: ¡Sorpresa!, Juniper Content Corporation’s Hispanic children’s network, has signed a multi-year carriage agreement with Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global. The deal will expand the channel’s base by 90,000 subscribers. The …

LOS ANGELES, January 8: As the strike continues, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has reached its first independent agreement with a movie studio, announcing a deal with United Artists Films. The studio, relaunched by Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise …

TORONTO, January 8: SilverBirch Studios has inked an agreement with Breakthrough New Media to develop two games based on the upcoming animated kids’ television series Jimmy Two Shoes, which will be broadcast on TELETOON Canada and Jetix Europe. As part …