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Findings from a new survey highlight the increasing prevalence of “show dumping,” as viewers are giving up on series they love because it became too difficult and/or costly to access them. The findings are from a sponsored survey by TiVo of pay-TV and OTT service subscribers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The results show that 37 percent of global viewers have stopped watching a show they previously enjoyed because it became too difficult to access the content.

LONDON: The Royal Television Society (RTS) has added to the lineup for the RTS London Conference 2016, which will feature, among the speakers, NBCUniversal's Steve Burke, Netflix's Ted Sarandos and the BBC's Tony Hall.

In Carat's latest ad spend report, growth forecasts for the U.K. have been revised downward after the EU referendum, though a healthy 5.4 percent gain is expected in 2016, followed by 4.6 percent in 2017. The U.K. is still the number-one ranking advertising market in Western Europe and the fourth globally. Growth in the U.K. is primarily driven by the continued rise of digital, accounting for a 53.6 percent share of spend in 2016 and set to maintain pace in 2017, with an 11.5 percent increase.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that launched globally in August, ABS-CBN's Till I Met You generated the most buzz on social media, with some 549,000 tweets, according to The WIT.

ENGLEWOOD/LONDON: John Malone's Liberty Media is acquiring the Formula One global motorsports business, with Chase Carey to serve as chairman.

LONDON: Juliette Squair, a former Audio Network exec, has become the deputy CEO of TRX, the newly launched online deal-making tool for the buying and selling of TV rights.

MELBOURNE: Seven Network in Australia has signed an agreement for all-encompassing coverage of this year's World Cup of Golf, which will be held in November.

NEW YORK: 21st Century Fox has invested $6.5 million in DriveTribe, a digital platform dedicated to motoring set up by, among others, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.

LUXEMBOURG: Altice has unveiled plans to launch a new studio division, to create original movies and series, and Altice Channel Factory, to establish more new channels.

LONDON: The 62nd edition of the Guinness World Records will feature a number of new additions from the television landscape, including Game of Thrones, which makes it into the book with the most Emmy Awards won by a TV series in a season.