NATPE Wire: Stewie Talk Show; Lime; IPTV

‘Family Guy’s’ Stewie hosting talk show online: The tyrannical tyke in the Fox animated series “Family Guy” will be the virtual host of a talk show being developed strictly for the Internet later this year.

IPTV to reach 10m US homes in five years: Microsoft says it expects IPTV households to pass the 10 million mark within five years, 12 years faster than it took cable and satellite to reach the golden milestone in the US.

Lime unpeels programming line-up: Lime, the multiplatform lifestyle brand, has unveiled its programming slate for 2006, combining dramas, sitcoms, non-fiction series and documentaries…the content will be produced in modular formats for delivery across all Lime platforms, including broadband at lime.com. In addition, the series are available to buy at Google’s Video Marketplace.

Fuse’s Mobile Content Efforts: The music TV channel Fuse is working with Infospace to develop mobile content services, it announced.

FilmClix on the Download with Intent: To distribute FilmClix movies, animations, extreme sports, documentaries, and music videos across the legal P2P network from Intent.

Anime Network Taps Akimbo Internet VOD Service: Anime Network’s comprehensive collection of animated films and TV programs from Japan will soon be available on Akimbo.

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