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SILVER SPRING, April 10: Discovery Communications has axed 200 staffers, wire reports indicate, in order to free up funds to increase spending on original programming. The 200 layoffs account for about 3 percent of the Maryland-based company’s workforce, Bloomberg News …

KNOXVILLE, April 9: Among Scripps Networks’ top offerings for MIPTV is the HGTV series Living with Ed, which the company expects will tap into broadcasters’ demands for content on environmentally conscious lifestyles. The series chronicles the daily life of the …

CHANTILLY, April 9: TPI will bring its new 50-minute special The Emerald Empire: Land of Hope and Shadows, along with the feature film Long Road to Heaven, which was banned in Bali, to MIPTV this month. The Emerald Empire takes …

SYDNEY, April 9: Beyond Distribution will be attending MIPTV with a diverse range of programming, from its new factual entertainment series Making It Big to its recently-acquired stable of five feature films, which includes A Good Woman starring Scarlett Johansson. …

TORONTO, April 9: Aiming to expand beyond the success of preschool properties such as Bruno & The Banana Bunch, Cuppa Coffee Studios heads to MIPTV with two new 13×22-minute stop-motion comedies targeted at the teens and older market: Nerdland and …

MEVASSERT ZION, April 9: Israel’s Armoza Formats has picked up the rights to the financial makeover format Overdraft Family, which the company will be launching at MIPTV. The format was developed by Israeli broadcaster Channel 2 Reshet and locally produced …

HOLLYWOOD, April 9: International Broadcast Communications (IBC) will offer Popular Art Entertainment’s Going Wild with Jeff Corwin and Animal Legends for distribution at MIPTV, two series that have previously aired on Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel. IBC will make …

LONDON, April 9: Galleon Entertainment is looking to secure online, mobile and TV broadcast deals for Apollo's Pad, its 52×5-minute multiplatform animated series for 16- to 34-year-olds, at MIPTV. Currently in production, Apollo's Pad is scheduled for launch online, on …

CUPERTINO, April 9: Apple has sold its 100 millionth iPod, it was announced today, five and a half years since the device hit the market. Launched in November 2001, the iPod is now the fastest-selling music player in history, Apple …

TORONTO, April 9: CTVglobemedia has reached a deal to offload several channels from CHUM—which it is in the process of acquiring—including SexTV and the A-Channel local stations, to Rogers Media for C$137.5 million ($119.4 million) in cash. The deal covers …