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The recipients of the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were revealed last night in a ceremony hosted by Mario Lopez (Extra) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Southern California.

According to a new report from Digital TV Research, revenues from virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) combined with those of direct-to-consumer services (D2C) are poised to reach $24 billion by 2023, eight times the $3 billion recorded in 2017.

BBC Global News has teamed up with VICE Media to launch VICE News This Week, which will air on BBC World News around the globe.

For the full fiscal year, Sony Corporation recorded profits of 490.8 billion yen ($4.5 billion).

The nominees for the Golden Nymph Awards, which will be presented at the 58th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, have been unveiled, with The Good Fight, Fargo and Howards End among the programs receiving a nod.

Revenues at Time Warner increased 3 percent to $8 billion in its first quarter, with growth at Turner and HBO partially offset by a decline at Warner Bros., while operating income slipped. 

Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) has promoted Deblina Chakrabarty, Guro Viddal and Shaila Chopra to VPs of international television distribution for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Weidong Yang, president of China’s Youku and Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment Group, talked about how original series are driving the Chinese online video platform’s paid subscriber base in his MIPTV Media Mastermind keynote, which was followed by a Q&A with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Viacom has reported better-than-expected earnings in the second fiscal quarter, with its film unit having swung back to a profit.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Komixx Entertainment have struck up a multi-project deal to co-develop and co-produce author-based IP for young-adult audiences.