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2012 Tabbie Awards open for nominations

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:40:00 +0200

CLEVELAND, US: The 2012 Tabbies call for entries is now available at the TABPI website (www.tabpi.org), allowing all B2B magazine editors, publishers and art directors the opportunity to have their best work judged by their peers. Tabbies' partners include South Africa's SAFREA, and MPASA. [video]
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MIPDoc 2011: The world's largest digital library

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:07:00 +0200

PARIS, FRANCE: More than 800 participants are expected for the 13th edition of MIPDoc, the international documentary programming market, which will take place in the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on the weekend of 2-3 April, ahead of MIPTV 2011, and features a rich line-up of events.
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Social Brands 100 launches today

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:39:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Launched today, 11 March 2011, the Social Brands 100 has found that 99% of the brands in its ranking are active on Twitter, making it the most popular online outpost for social brands. However, geo-location outposts are not yet integrated into the social mix. Only 22% of the ranked brands use geo-location services such as Foursquare and Gowalla and of these, 45% are inactive.
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Viacom International Media Networks takes The Mo'nique Show to SA

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:23:00 +0200

LONDON, UK / JOHANNESBURG, SA:: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc, has announced the sale of BET Networks' top-rated late-night talk show, The Mo'Nique Show, to South African national broadcaster, SABC.
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January 2011 US mobile subscriber market share

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:38:00 +0200

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the US mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending January 2011.
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MTV sets its sights on Belfast for the 2011 MTV EMAs

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:18:00 +0200

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND: MTV has announced that Belfast, Northern Ireland will play host to the 2011 MTV EMAs. Packed with unprecedented performances and appearances, the 2011 MTV EMAs will take place at Belfast's Odyssey Arena in early November 2011 (date to be announced).
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January 2011 US online video rankings

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:32:00 +0200

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 171 million US Internet users watched online video content in January for an average of 14.5 hours per viewer. The total US Internet audience engaged in nearly 4.9 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month.
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Banijay makes strides in Middle East with IF

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:13:00 +0200

PARIS, FRANCE: Karoline Spodsberg, managing director of Banijay International, has announced the sale of entertainment format IF to pan-regional Middle East broadcaster MBC. MBC will air 20 x 60' original episodes of the show which exposes the morality of celebrities. The show was produced locally by In Media Plus.
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New generation of TV services begin to close gap on cable

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:20:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Cable will retain dominance in the global multi-channel TV market over the next five years but the threat from the new generation of digital and internet protocol (IP) services will take its toll, predicts Ovum, one of the Datamonitor group of companies.
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Brkic's dream... a Free African Media

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:07:00 +0200

NEWSWATCH: If we want a free Africa, we must have a free African media - and in too many parts of the continent the media is anything but free - and if we're not very careful SA could go the same way. Now Branko Brkic, of The Daily Maverick has launched Free African Media, which he will edit. Join him... we owe it to ourselves and our children.
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