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NEW YORK/BEAVERTON, December 6: The Nielsen Company and Digimarc Corporation are launching Nielsen Digital Media Manager, which aims to provide media companies with a reliable way of tracking their content online. The system will enable media companies, social networks, peer-to-peer …

PHILADELPHIA, December 6: Comcast has announced that its signature On Demand service has ratcheted up more than 6 billion views in less than four years, with more than 1 billion hours of on-demand content watched this year alone. Additionally, the …

MUMBAI, December 5: UTV Software Communications has called off plans with Malaysia’s Astro for launch of a joint-venture channel in India targeted at young adults, according to local reports. UTV and Astro inked an alliance towards the end of last …

LONDON, December 5: The IPTV service BT Vision in the U.K. is working with Hiro Media to supply free feature film downloads, featuring un-skippable ads, to its users. British consumers will be able to access Mischief Night, Played and The …

ATHENS, December 5: According to a report released by the Peabody Awards, “television is in a state of transition and confusion,” with narrowcast niche channels and the Internet fragmenting once-massive viewing audiences. The report is drawn from the inaugural University …

PARIS, December 5: The BBC, the National Film Board of Canada, the Korean Broadcasting Commission and Ogilvy Interactive have issued a call for submissions of new-media content ideas as part of the Content 360 pitching competition for MIPTV featuring MILIA …

BURBANK, December 5: NBC has announced that Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent will return to its lineup on Wednesdays, beginning in early January. The 18th season of Law & Order will kick off with a two-hour …

NEW YORK, December 5: Bravo in the U.S. has greenlit a new reality pilot tentatively titled Hey Bitches, starring web personality William Sledd. Produced by Realand Productions for NBCU Domestic Television Distribution and Bravo, the pilot will feature Sledd as …

NEW YORK, December 5: Verizon has rolled out high-definition video on demand in many of its FiOS TV markets throughout the U.S., with plans to increase its HD VOD titles to more than 1,000 in 2008. HD VOD is now …

LONDON, December 5: BabyTV, a 24-hour commercial-free network targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, has inked 19 new carriage agreements throughout Latin America, boosting its subscriber base to more than 1 million in the region. The …