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NEW YORK: BET Play, a direct-to-consumer SVOD offering for the Viacom-owned channel BET, is being made available outside of the U.S., rolling out to some 100 markets.

LOS ANGELES: Mr. Robot and The People v. O.J. Simpson have landed four nominations each for this year's Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards, taking place this August.

LONDON: Shahrzad Rafati, the founder and CEO of BroadbandTV, has signed on to deliver a keynote at the upcoming IBC2016 Conference.

The new State of Online Video report from Limelight Networks reveals that pricing has become less of a factor for consumers when making the decision to cut the cord, while the availability of their preferred content has become more important. Seven out of ten consumers subscribe to at least one streaming video service, the survey says.

LAS VEGAS: Hot Topic picked up the Retailer of the Year award for the BBC's Doctor Who at last night's 2016 LIMA International Licensing Awards, while Entertainment One's Peppa Pig won for animated film/TV/entertainment licensed program.

NEW YORK: The World Screen app is now updated for NATPE Budapest, Sunny Side of the Doc and Licensing Expo, delivering program listings, news and a range of resources to help you make the most out of your time at these markets.

BUDAPEST: The event series Madiba, which Dynamic Television is presenting at NATPE Budapest, is based on two books by Nelson Mandela about his heroic journey to bring racial equality and democracy to the people of South Africa.

Retail sales of licensed products hit $251.7 billion worldwide in 2015, representing a 4.2-percent increase on the previous year, with entertainment/character licensing remaining as the largest category. Those numbers were released as part of the 2016 International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association’s (LIMA) Annual Global Licensing Industry Survey conducted by Brandar Consulting.

NEW YORK: With its acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corporation complete, Altice USA is now the fourth-largest cable operator in the U.S.

NEW YORK: The WorldScreen.com NATPE Budapest Preview provides you with a number of useful services in one location, including a downloadable PDF of company suite numbers at the InterContinental.