ROME, March 15: A new report from ITMedia Consulting predicts that online video revenues in Western Europe will reach 2.7 billion euros in 2013.

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, March 15: The Screen Actors Guild's national board has agreed to joint bargaining with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for a new prime-time TV and theatrical contract.

LONDON, March 15: Virgin Media has inked a deal with Universal Networks International to make the SCI FI channel available in high definition, ahead of the April 13 rebrand to Syfy HD.

LONDON/MANAMA, March 15: CNBC is to create a regional editorial hub in Bahrain to focus on coverage of the Middle East.

VICTORIA, March 15: The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) has sold the second season of the live-action children's series Lockie Leonard to Disney XD, which will launch the show in June.

LONDON, March 15: The Foundation, part of the RDF Media group, has been commissioned to produce a fourth and fifth season of the children's game show Escape from Scorpion Island for CBBC in the U.K. and ABC TV in Australia.

CULVER CITY, March 15: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has reworked its Animax channel to focus more broadly on youth culture, along with extending its programming to alternate platforms.

TORONTO/STOCKHOLM, March 15: The original format Battle of the Blades, which highlights an ice-skating competition, has been added to the portfolio of Sparks Network, which picked up the series from Insight Production Company.

MONTREAL, March 15: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has teamed up with YouTube for the U.S. premiere of the feature-length documentary The Socalled Movie, centered on a young Canadian pianist, singer, rapper, producer and composer.

BUENOS AIRES, March 15: Among Telefe International's highlights for MIPTV are the teen telenovela The Resistance and romantic comedy WAGs, Love for the Game.

LOS ANGELES, March 15: Moving Pictures Film & TV is to showcase its latest theatrical acquisition, Deadfall Trail, at the upcoming Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart).

NASHVILLE, March 15: The Documentary Channel (DOC) is presenting the exclusive U.S. premiere of the five-part series The Pyramid Code, to air on consecutive Fridays starting April 2 at 8:30 p.m.

COLLINGWOOD, March 15: The Australia-based factual outfit Looking Glass International has landed new sales for the hour-long Megawheel, produced by Film Formations of Singapore.

LONDON, March 15: Victoria Ashbourne has been tapped to serve as the senior VP of creative development for international production at Sony Pictures Television (SPT).

SANTA MONICA, March 12: The board of directors at Lionsgate has unanimously rejected Carl Icahn's unsolicited tender offer to up his stake in the company to just under 30 percent from the current 18.9 percent.

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12: In a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court has upheld a FCC rule that prevents cable platforms from withholding channels from rival operators.

SINGAPORE, March 12: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has announced new regulations that require pay-TV platforms to make their exclusive content available on rival systems.

LOS ANGELES, March 12: Disney-ABC Domestic Television has entered into an exclusive output deal with Showtime Networks that gives the premium channel the broadcast rights to up to 35 DreamWorks Studios' films theatrically released between 2010 and 2015.

LONDON, March 12: Virgin Media is adding ITV1 HD to its channel lineup, with upcoming highlights that include the 2010 World Cup airing in full high definition.

LOS ANGELES, March 12: E! International Network delivered its most-watched red carpet season ever, with coverage of the Golden Globes, Grammys, BAFTAs, SAG Awards and Academy Awards.

BURBANK, March 12: Warner Premiere is in production on Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, an all-new live-action/CG movie slated to air on Cartoon Network this fall.

TEL AVIV, March 12: Armoza Formats has taken on the international distribution rights for the Israeli series The Ran Quadruplets, which was commissioned for a pilot in the U.S. last month by CBS.

MIAMI, March 12: Latin Media Company (LMC), headed by Jose Escalante, has partnered with Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) to produce its first Malaysian telenovela-style drama for the worldwide market.

MEXICO CITY, March 12: Two new telenovelas from Pol-ka have joined the catalogue of Televisa Internacional: Somebody to Love Me and Wicked Girl.

LONDON, March 12: Media Entertainment Group (MEG) has secured two new distribution deals for its recently launched format division.

PARIS, March 12: PGS Entertainment has secured representation for Studio Hari's CGI-animated series The Gees for worldwide distribution across TV, video, licensing and merchandising.

LOS ANGELES, March 12: The on-demand channel Eurocinema has expanded its presence in Canada through a new deal with Cogeco Cable, adding more than 1 million homes to its reach.

LUXEMBOURG, March 11: Cost-cutting and strong results at FremantleMedia helped the RTL Group mitigate the tough ad climate in 2009, with net profit stable at 298 million euros, on revenues that were down 6.3 percent to 5.4 billion euros.

NEW YORK, March 11: In this video interview, Tobi de Graaff, the director of global television distribution at ITV Studios Global Entertainment, discusses the strengths of the company's portfolio and his strategic priorities for 2010.

BURBANK/ENGLEWOOD, March 11: Starz Entertainment and Disney-ABC Domestic Television have signed an new, exclusive long-term agreement for the theatrical releases from The Walt Disney Studios through 2015.