TV News: Goal is to generate more competition in market -- Mexico's President Felipe Calderon issued a decree Thursday that will accelerate the nation's terrestrial analog-to-digital switchover by six years to 2015.
TV News: Company holds townhall meeting, gives time off -- Discovery Communications execs held a townhall meeting with staffers on Thursday, one day after a lone gunman took three employees hostage at the company's headquarters.
TV News: ABC orders six episodes of Emmy-winning series -- Brit chef Jamie Oliver taught students in West Virginia about healthy eating; now he's about to do the same in Los Angeles.
TV News: Fallon's Emmy opener finally gets OK to post online -- Baby, Jimmy Fallon's Emmy open was "Born to Run" on his "Late Night" website.
TV News: Mammoth carriage accord includes digital rights, services -- Disney and Time Warner Cable have inked a mammoth carriage deal that covers the Mouse House's cablers, four ABC O&Os and gives Time Warner Cable expanded digital and video-on-demand rights to Mouse House programming.
TV News: Council determines how to deal with bids -- Colombia's long-awaited third channel remains in limbo as the country's state council determines how to deal with demands for more competitive bids.
TV News: On a very competitive Wednesday where all big four networks were separated by only .3 in the 18-49 adults demo, CBS and Fox were tied while NBC had the most-watched show of the night.
TV News: Programming remains on air Thursday -- Walt Disney's programming remained on the air over Time Warner Cable systems Thursday morning as both companies continued to negotiate a carriage deal well past the midnight deadline.
TV News: 10-20 hours of programming to be available -- Franco-German net Arte has inked a deal with YouTube to stream content from its catch-up channel Arte +7.
TV News: Duo to stream Chinese content to U.S. users -- Asian toon streaming site operator Crunchyroll has announced a partnership with Tai Seng Ent., which distribs Chinese-language TV shows and pics in the U.S., to directly stream new live-action Chinese content to U.S. users.
--LG Electronics to Unveil "Smart TV" at IFA
--Company Delivers Interactive TV Lab Environment to Indonesian Government Agency
--Online Participants to be Rewarded with Offline Prizes
--Brightcove Tapped to Power Online Video Initiatives for Telefonica O2 Ireland
--ANT Reports Higher H1 Revenues, Lower Losses--BBC Outlines iPlayer Design Strategy--Evolution Digital to Incorporate EBIF into its DTA's--Harmonic Reveals Exhibit Plans for IBC--IMPALA Welcomes BBC's Decision to Open Source its MHEG+ Toolkit--Netgem Posts Strong H1 Financial Results--Sony Launches Qriocity OTT VOD Service in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK--Interactive TV Company, Two Way Media, Launches Web Game on Virginmedia.com
