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SYDNEY, December 6: Australia’s Network Ten has released plans for its new digital strategy, which formally kicks off in February with the relaunch of the commercial broadcaster’s website to focus on video streaming and downloads. The new www.ten.com.au will also …

VIENNA, December 6: The German Screenings, which is being held in Austria for the first time, is reporting record attendance this year with 165 buyers participating. The event, which kicked off last night with a gala dinner at the Vienna …

BERLIN, December 6: Broadcasters in more than ten markets have come on board for Elton John’s performance from the AVO Session music festival in Basel, Switzerland, distributed by the recently launched C Major Entertainment. Produced by Swiss Television SF, the …

NEW YORK, December 6: Acknowledging that 2006 was “a bit of a step back” for Warner Bros., Richard Parsons, the chairman and CEO of Time Warner, told investors at a conference yesterday that he is expecting an improved 2007 for …

LONDON/MOUNTAIN VIEW, December 6: BSkyB has reached a deal with Google to bring customized versions of the Internet search engine’s services to the satellite platform’s broadband subscribers, including a user-generated video content site. Sky will be the first company outside …

LONDON, December 6: Warner Bros. has closed two digital distribution agreements in the U.K. this week: one with Arts Alliance Media and the other with BT. The deal between Warner Bros Entertainment UK and Arts Alliance Media allows consumers to …

LOS ANGELES, December 5: Producer Joseph Medawar has been sentenced to a year in prison after taking millions of dollars from people who believed he was producing a government-backed drama about the Department of Homeland Security. Charges were filed against …

LOS ANGELES, December 5: Bob Pittman, former COO of the then AOL Time Warner, has joined the board of directors of Spot Runner, the Internet-based advertising agency. Since leaving Time Warner in 2002 after the AOL merger, Pittman founded an …

TORONTO, December 5: Titanic’s James Cameron has re-teamed with Simcha Jacobovici, with whom he worked on The Exodus Decoded, for the Biblical docudrama The Tomb for Discovery Channel in the U.S. and VisionTV in Canada. Production recently wrapped on the …

PORTLAND, December 5: The PLATFORM International Animation Festival will take place for the first time from June 25 to 30 in Portland, Oregon, with sole sponsorship by Cartoon Network. The Festival program will feature premieres and retrospectives, exclusive screenings, guest …