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NEW YORK: Viacom has recorded $303 million in net profit for the fiscal second quarter, despite a 3-percent decline in quarterly revenues.

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal has made it official that it's acquiring DreamWorks Animation.

NEW YORK: Henrik Pabst, the managing director of Red Arrow International, sat down with World Screen Newsflash to discuss how the company is meeting the demand for different types of dramas.

LOS GATOS: Netflix has slated 2017 for the premiere of a new original series based on the 2001 indie film Wet Hot American Summer.

BALI: Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of VICE Media, talked about the new VICELAND channel and reaching Millennial audiences at the APOS convention in Bali this morning.

BALI: Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos weighed in on the ups and downs of the platform’s international expansion at a session at APOS in Bali today.

TORONTO/DUNGARVAN: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) have kicked off a new funding incentive for the development of audiovisual projects.

NEW YORK: At Crackle’s upfront presentation, Sony’s streaming service announced an array of new offerings, including some in the virtual reality space and a drama series based on the feature film Snatch.

NEW YORK: The Channels Talk at MIPTV, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, featured programmers from CBC, Telewizja Polska, Mediaset, TV2 Denmark and Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne talking about their drama needs.

ENGLEWOOD/NORWALK/LOS ANGELES: DISH and the Chinese-language programmers TVB and CCTV have filed a lawsuit to stop the illegal streaming of content via the “h.TV” set-top box from HTV International (HTVI).