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LOS ANGELES: Endemol Beyond USA has partnered with Beachfront Media’s Rise OTT service to develop Apple TV apps for its ICON and SMASHER networks. The new ICON Network Apple TV app features lifestyle programming such as Pretty Little Pranksters, World …

LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed Endemol Shine Brasil to manage its teen lifestyle brand SO SO Happy in Brazil.  SO SO Happy features a collection of illustrated characters whose inspirational sayings and antics reinforce a culture of kindness through acts of encouragement, …

NEW YORK: The 2016 International Emmy Awards Competition is now open, with a deadline for submissions of February 18, 2016. The International Emmy Awards competition was founded with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the U.S. …

TOKYO: 4K TV household penetration in the U.S. is forecast to reach 34 percent in 2019, according to the latest information from the IHS TV Sets Intelligence Service. 4K TV household penetration in the European Union is expected to reach …

The next edition of NATPE is being held in Miami from January 19 to 21, 2016, and expectations from the event’s organizers are high. “We’re very optimistic about what we’ve got coming,” says Rod Perth, the president and CEO of …

NEW YORK: Of all the new shows that launched in November, ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars: Five Years Forward generated the most buzz in social media, with some 145,000 tweets, according to The WIT. In advance of the January return …

NEW YORK: More than 70 million American consumers are thinking about making changes to their subscription TV services, according to a new GfK MRI report, with there being twice as many pay-TV "Defectors" as those looking to maintain or add …

NEW YORK: As pay-TV and OTT competition intensifies, video consumers are eager for customization and control in their subscription services, PwC says in its new study, Videoquake 3.0: The Evolution of TV's Revolution. The report from PwC U.S.’s entertainment, media …

LONDON: TRX, an online marketplace for secondary TV and video rights, has added execs from the worlds of television, distribution and finance to the company's advisory board in the run-up to its 2016 launch. The TRX advisory board will consist …

LOS ANGELES: The media and entertainment (M&E) industry has shown record confidence in the global economy, according to a recent survey of senior executives from international M&E companies conducted by EY. Of the M&E execs surveyed about the global economy, …