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NEW YORK, January 24: A new study from ABI Research says that the total number of mobile TV subscribers will rise to 462 million by 2012, driven largely by the expansion of 3G networks and flat-rate plans for mobile video. …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: The floral service Teleflora has teamed up with NBC and producers Reveille for America’s Favorite Mom, a one-hour prime-time special airing on May 11, Mother’s Day, at 7 p.m. The initiative, which commemorates the 100th anniversary …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, January 24: NBC Universal-owned SCI FI Channel has picked up the off-network cable rights to seasons one and two of the drama series Jericho from CBS Television Distribution. Jericho will make its SCI FI debut with a …

PHILADELPHIA/SAN DIEGO, January 24: FEARnet, a horror and thriller website and VOD service, has inked a deal to bring its content to Veoh Networks, the Internet video service backed by former Disney chief Michael Eisner, with the two companies set …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has secured additional carriage for its new MGM HD Channel, featuring classic and contemporary films in high definition, on Verizon’s FiOS TV service. MGM HD will be rolled out in late 2008 across …

NEW YORK, January 23: In response to the writers’ strike and a looming U.S. recession, NBC Universal is looking to save as much as $50 million by virtually eliminating pilots, according to the New York Times. The newspaper cited a …

SANTA MONICA, January 23: Lionsgate is heading to NATPE with a diverse slate of drama, kids’ and reality programming, headlined by the Golden Globe-winning AMC original series Mad Men. Mad Men, which debuted on AMC last year, depicts the professional …

LOS ANGELES, January 23: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has said it is dropping its demand for extended jurisdiction over reality and animation programming, as it prepares to begin informal discussions with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television …

NEW YORK/TORONTO, January 23: On behalf of Chapman Entertainment, HIT Entertainment has inked a range of Canadian broadcast and merchandising deals for the stop-motion animated children’s series Fifi and the Flowertots, which will air on the preschool channel Treehouse in …

SYDNEY, January 23: Australian broadcaster Network Ten has a stockpile of American drama episodes to air in the next few months, according to the network head of programming, Beverley McGarvey, but she is still looking to local productions and, in …