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TV Kids Weekly, August 08, 2007 ORIGIN: Bob Boyle, the creator of the show, explains, “The idea for Yin Yang Yo! started when my wife and I were at a Tofu festival in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo neighborhood. I saw …

World Screen Weekly, August 09, 2007 Co-Creator & Executive Producer Two and a Half Men When 24 returned to FOX’s schedule at the beginning of this year, industry watchers were anxious to see who would win the competitive 9 p.m. …

World Screen Weekly, August 09, 2007 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: May 24, 2005 OWNERSHIP: Fox Cable Networks, a division of News Corporation DISTRIBUTION: Approximately 35 million subscribers, making it one of only four new networks to achieve that feat in …

LOS ANGELES, August 10: Lifetime Television has tapped Sandy Varo as its VP of reality programming, reporting to Jessica Samet, the senior VP of reality programming. In her new role, based in Los Angeles, Varo will be responsible for developing …

LONDON, August 10: Spellbound Entertainment has announced that its popular series The Koala Brothers is launching a branded campaign to find “Britain’s Most Helpful Preschoolers.” In association with the Pre-School Learning Alliance and leading book retailer Waterstones, Britain’s Most Helpful …

LONDON, August 10: The U.K.-based entertainment-rights company Entara has reached new merchandising deals for Domo, the mascot of Japanese pubcaster NHK’s BS2 satellite channel, for a line of mobile phone accessories as well as prints and photo wallpaper. Domo has …

SAN FRANCISCO, August 10: VIZ Media has licensed the first season of 52 episodes of its popular anime series Naruto to the terrestrial broadcaster Corporacion Televen in Venezuela. The series launched on Televen last month. It is also seen pan-regionally …

BOSTON, August 10: APT Worldwide has secured the international distribution rights to the high-definition travel series Equitrekking produced by DCN Creative in association with KNME-TV. Hosted by Darley Newman, the 13×30-minute Equitrekking is the first travel series to explore the …

CALGARY, August 10: Shaw Communications has announced that coverage of the English Premier League, the Rugby World Cup and the Aussie Football League will be available to Shaw Digital Cable customers and Star Choice’s DTH satellite customers in Canada via …

HONG KONG, August 10: In an effort by Disney Channel to step up its localization efforts for High School Musical 2, the sequel’s soundtrack released across the Asia Pacific will include several songs re-recorded by Asian artists. The High School …