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| TidalTV Adds Channels with AFP Programming | BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON, D.C., August 18: TidalTV has added three online channels dedicated to worldwide news and feature programming from international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), which has a presence in 165 countries.
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| Icahn-Backed Execs Join Yahoo! Board | SUNNYVALE, August 15: Former Viacom chief Frank J. Biondi, Jr. and John H. Chapple, previously the head of Nextel Partners, are joining billionaire financier Carl Icahn as new appointees to the board of directors at Yahoo!
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| Charter Launches Disney SVOD Service | ST. LOUIS, August 12: Charter Communications has entered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to launch an SVOD service that features family-friendly content from The Walt Disney Studios.
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| Entourage Joins iTunes Lineup | NEW YORK, August 12: HBO is making all four seasons of its acclaimed comedy Entourage available for download from the iTunes Store, in advance of the premiere of the fifth season.
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| Sci Fi Shorts for Sale on iTunes | LONDON, August 8: Shorts International’s The Sci Fi Collection of Shorts is now available on the iTunes Stores in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, featuring 21 titles ranging from drama to thrillers to animation.
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| New Service Brings Korean Programming to U.S. Market | ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, August 6: Korea’s MBC and SBS have signed on to provide content for myCreo.com, an online destination that features a range of Korean dramas, sitcoms, variety shows and documentaries, which recently launched an Internet VOD service in the U.S.
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| MSN to Feature Content from Entertainment Tonight | HOLLYWOOD, August 5: Entertainment Tonight has signed a deal to become the premiere provider of entertainment and celebrity content for MSN, and will also produce a daily online mini-newscast, ET on MSN, hosted by on-air talent from the syndicated newsmagazine.
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| SPT Takes on Multiplatform Rights to Rocketboom | CULVER CITY, August 5: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired the worldwide cross-platform distribution rights to Rocketboom.com, an online New York-based daily video news program, with plans to integrate the property with Crackle.com.
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| ESPN Acquires Motor Racing Site | LONDON, August 5: ESPN has reached a deal to take control of Racing-Live.com, a site that provides news and information on events like the Formula 1 to more than 3 million unique users per month.
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| MobiTV’s Subscribers Top 4 Million | EMERYVILLE, August 4: MobiTV’s managed network for mobile television and radio has surpassed 4 million subscribers on more than 15 carrier networks, with 50-plus channels available in the U.S.
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| Japanese Expansion for Brightcove | TOKYO, August 4: The online video platform Brightcove has named a general manager for its Japanese subsidiary, as well as announced its first customer in this lucrative Asian market, inking a deal to power local web coverage of this year’s Olympics.
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| IOC to Provide Online Channel During Games | LAUSANNE, August 4: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will launch an online channel on YouTube to broadcast clips from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in 77 territories across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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| Granada America Takes Stake in Electric Farm | LONDON/LOS ANGELES, August 1: ITV, through its U.S.-based production arm, Granada America, has acquired a 10-percent interest in Electric Farm Entertainment, the digital studio founded by Stan Rogow, Brent Friedman and Jeff Sagansky.
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| SPTI in Asian Mobile Content Agreement | HONG KONG, July 31: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has inked an exclusive deal with animation outfit ZAC Toons to distribute mobile content for five of its cartoon properties to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and India.
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| YouTube Slapped with Mediaset Lawsuit | ROME, July 31: Mediaset has filed a 500 million euros lawsuit against YouTube, following the legal victory by Spanish broadcaster Telecinco—in which it is a majority shareholder—in a similar suit against the video-sharing site.
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| Redlasso Reacts to NBCU, Fox Legal Actions | KING OF PRUSSIA, July 25: In response to a copyright infringement suit brought by NBC Universal, Fox News Network and Fox Television Stations, online video service Redlasso has suspended blogger access to its video search and clipping beta site for the immediate future.
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| Online Viewing Dominated by Short-Form Content | PALO ALTO, July 25: In a recent survey by Frank N. Magid Associates and Metacafe, 50 percent of respondents indicated that they watch online video every week, while the most popular form of Internet-based content was short-form programming.
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| Crackle.com Gets New Live-Action Series | SAN DIEGO, July 24: Writer Ed Brubaker and White Rock Lake Productions have teamed up to produce Angle of Death, a new live-action series for Crackle.com, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video network.
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| MyToons Secures Venture Funding | LOS ANGELES, July 23: Online animation outfit MyToons has completed its second round of funding led by Syncom Venture Partners and Barshop Ventures, supporting the company’s continued growth.
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| Hallmark Unveils First Online Series | STUDIO CITY, July 22: Hallmark Channel is rolling out its first-ever hosted online series dedicated to the behind-the-scenes news and events from the network’s family-friendly original movies and Hollywood films.
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| CBS Releases Study on Online Video Usage | NEW YORK, July 22: Online video streaming of full episodes are driving more audiences to network TV, according to a new study from CBS Interactive, conducted by Magid Media Labs, surveying 50,000 users of the CBS Audience Network.
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