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  NEW YORK: Kenneth Locker, the senior VP of digital media at Cookie Jar Entertainment, talks about plans for the new online destination Jaroo.com in this video interview. Jaroo.com is an online destination from Cookie Jar Entertainment that features full-length …

NEW YORK: Carl Icahn has filed a lawsuit against Lionsgate over a debt-to-equity deal that reduced his stake in the studio from 37.9 percent to about 33 percent. Last week, Icahn restarted his takeover efforts of Lionsgate, with a tender …

MUNICH: Net profit at ProSiebenSat.1 was up 63.7 percent, to 74.5 million euros, for the second quarter of 2010, with revenues that grew nearly 10 percent, to 760.6 million euros. The group saw increased revenues in all segments, with almost …

BEIJING: Protesters took to the streets in Guangzhou, in southern China, in opposition of a proposal to force a major local TV network to stop broadcasting in Cantonese and switch to the country’s official language, Mandarin. The controversy arose after …

HONG KONG: The theme for this year’s CASBAA Convention is "Unlock Your Networks," which will focus on ways to further unlock the pay-TV potential across Asia. This year’s convention highlights the issues shaping the Asian pay-TV industry. As digital media …

LOS ANGELES: Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway have signed on for a slate of original documentaries to be produced for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Presented and executive produced by Julia Roberts’ Red Om …

MIAMI: Through an agreement with CBS Studios International, Liv, Discovery Networks’ new entertainment channel in Latin America, has taken on the exclusive cable rights in the region for the police series Hawaii Five-O and Blue Bloods. Hawaii Five-O is a …

LONDON: KoCo Drama, part of the Shed Media Group, is to produce the 3×1-hour event Young James for BBC One, inspired the the true story of veterinarian and author James Herriot. Along with the three hour-long episodes, a one-hour supporting documentary …

LOS ANGELES: ScandiTV, which offers news, movies and kids’ programming from across Scandinavia, is launching in the U.S. on August 1. ScandiTV will provide in-language programming to the Scandinavia communities in the U.S. and Canada. The service will be expanded …

PHILADELPHIA: In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Sprout has slated the premiere of its first long-form original series, Noodle and Doodle, for September 25. The 26×11-minute show features arts, crafts and cooking for preschoolers and their families. It will makes …