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BEVERLY HILLS: Angelina Jolie Pitt is signed on to direct an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers as an original movie for Netflix.  The film will be based on the memoir of Cambodian author …

PHILADELPHIA: Revenue for NBCUniversal increased 20.2 percent to $7.2 billion in the second quarter of 2015, with strong gains in filmed entertainment and theme parks. Operating cash flow increased 19.4 percent to $1.7 billion. Revenue from the cable networks segment …

LONDON: CSI Sports has inked three carriage deals for its HD network Fight Sports in Indonesia, Finland and Papua New Guinea. Indonesian pay-TV operator MNC Sky Vision picked up the sports channel, as did Finnish telco Elisa. The latter deal …

LONDON: Revenues from OTT TV and video in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) are expected to reach $2.6 billion in 2020, marking quite a large leap from the $52 million recorded in 2010, according to a new …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications is acquiring full ownership of Eurosport from TF1 Group for 491 million euros ($534 million). TF1 will exercise a put option on its 49 percent ownership stake as part of the companies’ previous 2012 agreement. The …

LONDON: The judging panel has been unveiled for the sixth edition of the License This! competition, which is taking place at this year's Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) in London. The License This! challenge gives creative concepts the opportunity to break …

LOS ANGELES: The multiplatform media company AwesomenessTV has tapped veteran TV executive Paula Kaplan as the head of talent and live content. In this newly created position, Kaplan, who spent 20 years at Nickelodeon, will lead AwesomenessTV’s talent initiatives and …

LOS GATOS: Netflix has surpassed 65 million members globally, with a record 3.3 million subs added in Q2, a quarter that marked the largest number to date of high-profile original series for the service. Of the 65 million members, 42 …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Academy Day in Rio de Janeiro, hosted by Globo, featured Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of World Screen, moderating a debate between Silvio de Abreu, the head of drama …

SYDNEY: After five years at Ai-Media, Stephen Baldwin is returning to Foxtel Networks in the newly created role of head of channels and operations as of July 20. In his new role, Baldwin will report to Brian Walsh, executive director of …