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MENLO PARK, July 11: California-based Knowledge Networks has released a study indicating that 50 percent of those who subscribe to video cell phone services—and 30 percent of video iPod owners—never use these devices for viewing video content. The report, How …

MIAMI, July 11: Citing Nielsen Television Index research, Univision Communication says that about 50 million viewers tuned in to the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament on its three television networks— Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión—including 29 million Hispanics and 21 million …

BURBANK, July 11: DIC Entertainment has formed a joint venture with Thomopoulos Productions to form Promise Media Productions, which aims to develop and distribute “positive value” content for kids. Promise Media Productions will develop original live-action and animated branded content …

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11: Two months since inking a content deal with Warner Bros., peer-to-peer file sharing website BitTorrent has added a further 1,600 titles to its offerings via deals with Hart Sharp Video, Egami Media (a subsidiary of Image …

LONDON, July 11: Ross Bentley, the managing director of Rights Tracker, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s ambitions to take its web-based rights management software into key European markets and into the U.S. Since formally launching last December, the …

HILVERSUM, July 11: Interactive content developer 2waytraffic has acquired format developer and distributor Intellygents for 5 million euros, with a deferred consideration dependent upon the financial performance of Intellygents until 2009. The deal, subject to shareholder approval, provides 2waytraffic with …

SEOUL, July 11: KBS World, the international cable and satellite channel operated by the Korean terrestrial KBS, is now available in the Middle East via the satellite platform ArabSat 2D. ArabSat brings the Korean-language channel to 22 Middle Eastern countries, …

LOS ANGELES, July 11: The Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications joint venture TuTv is set to begin offering to cable and satellite platforms in the U.S. a video on demand package delivering 100 Spanish-language titles. TVN Entertainment has been appointed …

VIENNA, July 10: The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) has promoted Berend Dreier to sales executive for new business as the company looks to expand its sales to IPTV platforms. Dreier reports to ORF’s head of sales and acquisitions, Beatrice Riesenfelder. …

ROME, July 10: An Italian judge has ordered former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial over alleged fraud at Mediaset. According to wire reports, the trial follows a four-year investigation into claims of embezzlement, false accounting, tax fraud and …