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NEW YORK, June 21: According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the global entertainment and media industry will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 6.4 percent to $2 trillion in 2011, with the Internet, TV platforms and video games as the fastest-growing …

STAMFORD, June 21: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has secured new deals with free- and pay-TV broadcasters in Poland, Serbia, Greece and Turkey, totaling 196 hours of original programming to these four new markets. In Poland, WWE Raw will be broadcast …

BUDAPEST, June 21: At a dinner celebrating DISCOP's 15th anniversary, the guest of honor, Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) CEO, Michael Garin, offered the sobering prediction that in ten years' time, ad-supported networks will disappear and TV executives had better …

LONDON, June 21: British cable network LIVING has commissioned Granada Entertainment to produce a brand new ten-part reality series, Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life, for premiere this fall. The new series coincides with the film’s twentieth anniversary, and …

NEW YORK, June 21: News Corporation said today that it is exploring strategic options for its Moscow-based out-of-home advertising company, News Outdoor Group, including taking on new “strategic and private equity partners.” News Outdoor has a leadership position in Russia …

LONDON, June 21: Granada International has taken on the international distribution rights to the new TV movie My Boy Jack, commissioned by ITV1 and starring Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall. The 95-minute feature from Ecosse Films is based on a …

NEW YORK, June 21: GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business and NBC Universal have appointed Thomas M. Byrne as the managing director of their $250-million newly branded Peacock Equity Fund. Peacock Equity is a joint venture between GE’s …

BEVERLY HILLS/MUMBAI, June 21: Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox L&M) has partnered with STAR India for the creation of StarFox India, a new licensing division that aims to maximize the penetration of both Fox and STAR’s film and …

ENGLEWOOD, June 21: Belgian Cable Investors, controlled by Liberty Global, has exercised its option to acquire a further 18.668 million shares in Belgian cable operator Telenet Group Holding for 466.7 million euros. The deal increases Liberty’s interest in Belgium’s largest …

HOLLYWOOD, June 21: Cinamour Entertainment has reached a distribution deal to bring the new half-hour celebrity court reality series Jury Duty to international markets. The deal was reached with the series’ producer and creator Vincent Dymon. Jury Duty premieres September …