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NEW YORK: According to Nielsen’s latest cross-platform report, most TV is still viewed live and DVR viewing beyond seven days is extremely rare. The Q3 report finds that live TV accounted for 87.2 percent of broadcast viewing. The live same-day numbers account for 5.5 percent. Viewing within seven days for broadcast is 6.1 percent. …

SEATTLE: An Amazon Instant Video app is now available on Nintendo’s Wii, which means that users can access Amazon’s more than 145,000 movies and TV episodes through the game console. The app provides instant streaming of more than 145,000 titles from the Amazon Instant Video library as well as more than …

CULVER CITY: The producer, actor and writer Kevin Smith is looking to ramp up the digital ventures of his SeeSMod YouTube channel through a new partnership with Maker Studios. Through the newly established partnership, Maker Studios will be providing strategic guidance to help grow and organize SeeSMod along with the …

Just a few years ago, the notion that an obscure drama based on a graphic novel about a zombie apocalypse could be the highest-rated show of the U.S. fall season in the highly coveted adult 18-to-49 demographic was unthinkable. Well, think again. The Walking Dead beat all entertainment series this …

LOS ANGELES: BoPaul Media Worldwide (BMW) has added to its portfolio the OB Films catalogue from France, which includes Roger Vadim’s acclaimed Une Femme Fidele. BMW has taken on the rights for all ten English-language films from the archive for worldwide exploitation, excluding French-speaking territories. Also in the catalogue are Scream …

MIAMI: Two delinquent young lovers travel to small-town Texas to falsely claim an inheritance in Rushlights, one of several features that Vision Films is looking to sell to the global market. The company is also bringing out a slate of documentaries, including JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later. This timely doc …

MIAMI: There is a host of new feature films and TV series that Fun World Media is introducing at NATPE. This includes several family titles, among them Santa’s Summer House, The Easter Bunny Puppy and A Talking Cat!?! There is also some heavier fare, with the suspense thrillers The Bright …

LOS ANGELES: Multicom Entertainment Group has been chosen as the sole owner and global distributor of Kushner Locke’s library of films and series. The acquisition includes more than 1,000 hours of content for global broadcast and home video markets. Multicom plans to present the Kushner Locke library at this year’s …

SANTA MONICA: Building on an existing partnership in the Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management, Lionsgate and Evolution Entertainment have signed a first-look deal to develop and produce TV programming. The agreement marks the launch of Evolution’s new TV division, which will be overseen by Rachel Israel in the senior VP …

MIAMI: This year in Miami, Multicom Entertainment Group is aiming the majority of its sales efforts at territories in Latin America as well as digital platforms, says Irv Holender, the company’s chairman. There are two titles in particular that the company is looking to drum up sales on: Lovemakers and …