SAN FRANCISCO, September 2: The new Apple TV device unveiled yesterday allows users to watch movies and TV shows purchased and rented from the iTunes Store, as well as content streamed from Netflix and YouTube, directly on the television set.

MUNICH, September 2: ProSiebenSat.1's production and distribution arm, Red Arrow Entertainment Group, has acquired a 51-percent interest in Kinetic Content, the venture established by former RDF USA CEO Chris Coelen.

SILVER SPRING, September 2: A gunman who took three hostages at Discovery Communications' headquarters yesterday afternoon was shot dead by police after a four-hour standoff.

NEW YORK, September 2: U.S. Hispanic network Vme has launched a 24-hour Spanish-language network for preschoolers, following the success of its kids' block.

LONDON, September 2: Universal Networks International (UNI) has unveiled its next original project, the one-off drama Panic at Rock Island, which it is co-financing with Nine Network Australia.

NEW YORK, September 2: Nickelodeon has picked up the TV rights for Rainbow's Winx Club for the U.S., along with the pay-TV rights for Latin America, Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Benelux.

SINGAPORE, September 2: A slate of series from NBC Universal are headed to the Universal Networks group in Asia, including Covert Affairs and the upcoming conspiracy thriller The Event.

LONDON, September 2: Pulse Films, producer of the hit show Pineapple Dance Studios, has tapped ITV Studios Global Entertainment to handle the international distribution for Showbusiness, a new scripted reality dance series.

NEW YORK, September 2: Syfy is re-teaming with writer and director Nick Willing on Neverland, his original prequel to the classic Peter Pan, to air as a four-hour movie event in 2011.

LONDON, September 2: CAKE Entertainment has been named as the worldwide distributor for Fresh TV's Total Drama Reloaded, which is the fourth installment in the hit franchise.

TORONTO, September 2: Skywriter Media & Entertainment Group has partnered with Mixer to develop the animated series Vivi for Canada's TVO.

BUENOS AIRES, September 2: The Spanish-language lifestyle network Utilísima has added two new original shows to its schedule, featuring fashion expert Martín Llorens and celebrity chef Chepina Peralta.

LOS ANGELES, September 2: Lucy Liu has signed on to narrate the new Showtime documentary Redlight, which exposes the horrors of the illegal sex trade market in Southeast Asia.

PARIS, September 1: First-half revenues at Vivendi gained 6.1 percent to 14 billion euros, with adjusted net profit up 4 percent to 1.5 billion euros.

SINGAPORE, September 1: The Media Development Authority of Singapore has announced its "preliminary position" on the country's cross-carriage mandate for pay-TV platforms, following a round of consultation, and has delayed the implementation date to the first half of 2011.

BAHRAIN, September 1: Annual advertising revenues in the Gulf states are on track to top $10 billion for the first time ever, according to the Pan Arab Research Centre (PARC), with first-half revenues reaching $5.05 billion, up 20 percent on last year.

DALLAS/STUDIO CITY, September 1: Unable to come to terms on a carriage renewal, AT&T U-verse has dropped Crown Media's Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel from its lineup.

NEW YORK, September 1: Following its launch in Singapore on StarHub, Scripps Networks International's Food Network Asia rolls out today in Taiwan on DTH operator DishHD.

UNIVERSAL CITY, September 1: NBC has ordered a sixth season of America's Got Talent from FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell's Syco Television, with celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel back on board.

LONDON, September 1: The signing of a new multi-year deal grants ITV Studios the first-look rights to develop and produce local versions of new formats created by Babyfoot.

NEW YORK, September 1: HBO has picked up the U.S. TV rights for the documentary Precious Life, directed by Israeli broadcast journalist Shlomi Eldar and produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Yoav Ze’evi.

LONDON, September 1: Genevieve Dexter has sold her majority stake in U.K.-based kids' outfit CAKE Entertainment to co-director Tom van Waveren following a three-year partnership.

WARSAW/BURBANK, September 1: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed an exclusive multi-year output deal to provide shows for Comedy Central Poland, including current and library titles.

TEL AVIV, September 1: Armoza Formats' quiz show The Bubble has been given a full-season order of 60 episodes to air on Lithuania's Rytas TV starting September 27.

MONTREAL, September 1: Principal photography on the thriller Exposed, Incendo's fourth film of 2010, is to get under way September 7 in Montreal, with production on a fifth project to begin in October.

LORETO, September 1: Namco Bandai is to represent the latest Winx Club: Rockstar video game from Rainbow, with Nintendo DS distributing the game in Europe, the Middle East and Africa starting this November.

MIAMI, September 1: The Telemundo Internacional production Cruel Love has made its debut in Slovenia on POP TV, where it airs weekdays at 4 p.m.

LONDON, September 1: Lara El Haddad is to replace Endemol's outgoing managing director in the Middle East, Ziad Kebbi, who stepped down in August.

HONG KONG, September 1: Fox International Channels (FIC) has appointed Edwina Ngao as VP and territory head for Mainland China and Byrd Bunnag as territory head for Thailand.

NEW YORK, August 31: Carl Icahn has increased his tender offer for Lionsgate stock up to $7.50 per share, from the previous bid of $6.50 per share.