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EBS Korea Picks up The Koala Brothers

June 28, 2006

LONDON, June, 28: Spellbound Entertainment has announced the sale of 52 episodes of U.K. preschool series, The Koala Brothers, to the Korean educational station, EBS. "The Koala Brothers is one of the most charming pre-school series on the market, with …

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Nickelodeon Boasts High Cross-Platform Numbers

June 28, 2006

NEW YORK, June 28: According to Nielson Media Research, Nickelodeon has secured the top spot as the number one basic cable network across all kids’ demos at the end of the second quarter of 2006, for the eleventh consecutive year. …

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Scripps Announces Deals for its HD Channels

June 28, 2006

KNOXVILLE, June 28: Scripps Networks is launching high-definition channels in the U.S. and in Japan. Food Network HD will launch in the U.S. on June 30, joining HGTV HD as Scripps' second high-definition network to launch in the last three …

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NBC to Premiere Original The Office Webisodes

June 28, 2006

BURBANK, June 28: NBC will begin airing the first of 10 original webisodes on July 13; based on the network’s hit show, The Office. Airing Thursdays on NBC, The Office stars Golden Globe winner Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, …

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Sky Launched Remote Record

June 28, 2006

LONDON, June 28: Sky has introduced a new service than allows viewers to program their Sky+ digital boxes by mobile phone. The service, called Remote Record, will be available as an SMS service, on mobile Internet and on the sky.com …

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Coen Revises His Ad Forecast for the Year

June 28, 2006

NEW YORK, June 28: Universal McCann’s Bob Coen cut his 2006 advertising forecast for the U.S. He expects ad spend to increase by 5.6 percent to $286.4 billion instead of 5.8 percent, which he predicted last December. The downgrade is …

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BBC Worldwide Announces Record Profits

June 28, 2006

LONDON, June 28: BBC Worldwide presented its Annual Review for 2005/2006 and announced profits of £89.4 million, a year on year increase of 62 percent, and sales up by 11 percent to £784.4 million. The increase in profits was achieved …

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NBC and YouTube Join in Partnership

June 28, 2006

BURBANK/SAN MATTEO, June 28: NBC and YouTube, the media company that allows people to watch and share original videos through a worldwide web, have announced a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement NBC will be able to promote …

Alliance Atlantis's Lunar Jim

June 27, 2006

TV Kids Weekly, June 27, 2006 NAME: Lunar Jim ORIGIN: Lunar Jim is an original series, developed by The Halifax Film Company and Alliance Atlantis. The series centers around Jim and his friends, including Rover the Robot Dog, Ripple the …